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MLK Day (first draft): History

How Do Current Issues Relate to MLK?

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Researching the History of MLK and Civil Rights

Primary Sources on MLK

How might you research MLK with a historical approach?

  • Whose perspective is relavant?
  • What sources might contain this perspective?

The Press on MLK

Investigating Contemporary Public Discourse on MLK 

Retrospective Analysis of the Press During the Civil Rights Movement