Ways to Make Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day More Meaningful

 read

• Letter From a Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (included in the compilation I Have a Dream)

• I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Why We Can’t Wait by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

watch and listen

• Selma

• I Have a Dream speech

• The Three Evils of Society speech

• The Other America speech on nonviolent philosophy and methodology

help

• Distribute Street Sheets, pocket-sized guides to neighborhood resources, to help New Yorkers in need find meal programs and other essential services

• Shop at a Black owned business (such as the book stores linked to above)

• Do something that will make a neighbor smile

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