Celebrating Martin Luther King Day

Community Service

In recent years, the focus of the King holiday has broadened to include an emphasis on service to the community. This turn of events would certainly have met with agreement from the man whose memory the day celebrates; as King was fond of saying, “Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.”

This increasingly popular theme for the day is captured in the slogan, “Remember! Celebrate! Act! A day on, not a day off!”

The following websites offer online resources for those who are interested in learning more about Martin Luther King day. Check them out!

The Holiday Zone: Martin Luther King Day Activities

www.theholidayzone.com/mlk/

Features activities for children, a bulletin board, discussion topics, and other material relevant to the holiday.

Martin Luther King Day on the Net

www.holidays.net/mlk/holiday.htm

Offers a brief history of the holiday and links to related sites.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service

www.mlkday.org

Emphasizes Dr. King's own tradition of service to local communities, and offers an online toolkit “to help you develop a service project of your own.” Also offers links to social service groups in need of volunteers.

Infoplease: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html

Offers an intelligent overview of the holiday and its history, a summary of Dr. King's life and works, and a series of well-written articles on civil rights and affirmative action.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University

www.stanford.edu/group/King

Provides just about everything you'd need for an in-depth assessment of the man and his mission. Includes an archive of published documents, a detailed biography, recommended reading, and much more.