In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, here are some MLK resources to spark reflection, extend understanding and inspire action.
The King Encyclopedia 
This is the motherlode of MLK resources. It’s housed at Stanford as part of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute and is curated by Dr. Clayborn Carson. Clear navigation options help visitors easily find what they’re looking for, though you’ll surely want to spend time surfing into lesser-known territory. The design’s a bit dated, but the site’s peppered with flyers, audio and other media that helps bring history alive.
The King Center
This is the online extension of Atlanta’s King Center. It provides easy access for visitors to gain insight into Dr. King’s thinking with a digital archive of the leader’s writings and handwritten annotations on his own works and his sources. Be sure to check out “Share Your Dreams” and even add one of your own.
Living the Legacy Civil Rights Lessons
Take some time to poke around this multi-layered site for interesting ideas on how to bring historic and contemporary issues alive. It’s designed for classroom use but many questions and activities can be easily adapted to spark dinner-table conversation at home or discussion at a book group. Be sure to explore the distinctive, first-person narratives embedded in the lessons, like Kimchee on the Seder Plate.
Why Jews Were Drawn to the Civil Rights Battle
Thoughts from Simon Yisrael Feuerman on “Tablet.”
The Meaning of Martin Luther King to Jewish students in the 1960s
An opinion from David Geffen in the “Jerusalem Post.”
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