{"id":1403,"date":"2015-01-17T00:01:50","date_gmt":"2015-01-17T00:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2015-01-29T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T03:30:07","slug":"remembering-mlk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/2015\/01\/17\/remembering-mlk\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering MLK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/pictures\/resource\/ds.00836\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1411\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/mlk.jpg?resize=567%2C381\" alt=\"mlk\" width=\"567\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center will be closed Saturday through Monday, January 17th-January 19th.\u00a0 While we\u2019re closed, take a look at a\u00a0selection of resources relating to Dr. King and the dream of equality to which he devoted his life.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekingcenter.org\/archive\" target=\"_blank\">The King Center<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The definitive resource for digital resources pertaining to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the King Center hosts nearly one million documents relating to his life and his work.\u00a0 Find speeches, telegrams, scribbled notes, and photographs of the civil rights leader throughout his life.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalservice.gov\/special-initiatives\/days-service\/martin-luther-king-jr-day-service-0\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In 1994, Congress designated the Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday as a national day of service and charged the Corporation for National and Community Service with leading this effort. \u00a0The MLK Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service \u2013 a &#8220;day on, not a day off.&#8221; \u00a0\u00a0It calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems.\u00a0 This website include toolkits and project registration to organize\u00a0other volunteers to\u00a0join in a national day of civic service.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.loc.gov\/item\/afc2010039_crhp0084\/\" target=\"_blank\">Civil Rights History Project (Library of Congress)<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Includes video interviews from a number of people sharing their experiences and impressions of Dr. King, including their reflections on his assassination, and the civil rights movement in general. Some of the participants include other civil rights activists of the time, friends, and colleagues who worked closely with Dr. King.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=273905\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Luther King, Jr. [FBI file]<\/a>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Collected by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, this free, government resource contains pages of government information relating to FBI surveillance of King during the 1960\u2019s, as well as documents relating to his assassination investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the library re-opens on Tuesday, January 20th, check-out these additional resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=287396\" target=\"_blank\">Citizen King<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=287396\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1415\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/B0006Z2L5G.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?resize=145%2C145\" alt=\"B0006Z2L5G.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Produced by PBS, this documentary pushes past the myths that have obscured King\u2019s story to reclaim the history of a people\u2019s leader.\u00a0 Using the personal recollections, diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts of friends, family, journalists, law enforcement officers and historians, this film brings fresh insights to King&#8217;s difficult journey, his charismatic &#8212; if at times flawed &#8212; leadership, and his truly remarkable impact.\u00a0 Available for check-out in the Music Lab, 2nd floor.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=268620\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1422\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/content.jpg?resize=107%2C161\" alt=\"content\" width=\"107\" height=\"161\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=268620\" target=\"_blank\">A testament of hope : the essential writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr<\/a>.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Includes the speeches, writings, interviews, and excerpts from five of Martin Luther King&#8217;s books.\u00a0 Presented in chronological order within topical groupings.\u00a0 Available in the Stacks, 2nd floor.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=287398\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1426\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/1600248500.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?resize=128%2C141\" alt=\"1600248500.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_\" width=\"128\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=287398\" target=\"_blank\">Martin Luther King, Jr. : the essential box set, the landmark speeches and sermons of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>This audiobook box set includes readings of all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr. from his inspirational &#8220;I have a dream&#8221; to his fiery &#8220;Give us the ballot.&#8221;\u00a0 Available in Audiobooks, 1st floor.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=132756\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1428 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.atu.edu\/library\/files\/2015\/01\/0446524123.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg?resize=104%2C160\" alt=\"0446524123.01._SCMZZZZZZZ_\" width=\"104\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/webvoyage.atu.edu\/vwebv\/holdingsInfo?bibId=132756\" target=\"_blank\">The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.<\/a> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p>First-person account of the extraordinary life of America&#8217;s greatest civil rights leader. With thousands of King&#8217;s essays, notes, letters, speeches, and sermons at his disposal, the author has organized King&#8217;s writings into a posthumous autobiography.\u00a0 Available in the Stacks, 2nd floor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Ross Pendergraft Library &amp; Technology Center will be closed Saturday through Monday, January 17th-January 19th.\u00a0 While we\u2019re closed, take a look at a\u00a0selection of resources relating to Dr. King and the dream of equality to which he devoted his life. 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