Prepare the Way for MLK Day
MLK Day can’t be a “one and done” experience. We need to open our hearts and minds in preparation for our District Virtual MLK Service, 12:00 Noon, January 18, 2021. We invite you to use one of the following resources, to prepare the way for MLK Day.
Books
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? 256 pages (Martin Luther King Jr.)
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman, 128 pages (Before MLK)
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, 128 pages (During and after MLK)
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, 176 pages (Millennial)
Movie: Selma (2014) PG-13 | 2h 8min | Biography, Drama, History (Movie)
Internet: I Have a Dream Speech (YouTube) https://youtu.be/ARvrvJV4th4
Podcast: 1619: The 1619 Project is an ongoing project developed by The New York Times Magazine in 2019 which “aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of [the United States’] national narrative”.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/podcasts/1619-podcast.html
