Works Cited
Primary Sources
"The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." INFOPLEASE. N.p., 2007. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html>. This biographical website highlights the life of Martin Luther King Jr. from birth to death. It emphasizes his civil right speeches. It also details his education and his family.
"Martin Luther King Jr. - Biographical" ["Martin Luther King Jr. - Biographical"]. Nobelprize.org. N.p., 2013. Web. 10 Sept. 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelmedia/nobelprize_org/>. This website further detailed Martin Luther King Jr's civil right speeches. Highlighting his acceptance speeches, and his "I Have a Dream" speech. Providing the reader with valuable insight on the impact of his speeches and the civil rights movements. It also provided the reader with insight on how Black African American's were treated up to the speech and the after effects of the speech.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream." Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream. N.p., 2013. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm>. The website provides the written format of the i have a dream speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave in the late 60's It allows the reader to read the speech and glean important details on how he changed the Civil Rights Movement in America. It also gives the date, time and location of the speech. It also gives you the opportunity to hear the speech as it was given.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013. <http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/about/article/copyright_information/>. This website discussed and reviewed books written about Martin Luther King, Jr. it will be a valuable recourse tool for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge about his life and the civil rights movement. It also gave information about Civil Rights issues in general.
White, Jack E. "Martin Luther King" ["Martin Luther King"]. Time: n. pag. Print. This article gave me a new point of view of Martin Luther King Jr. Nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. "For all King did to free blacks from the yoke of segregation, whites may owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race." -Time Magazine
Secondary Sources
"The Hisotry Channel." HISTORY. N.p., 2013. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/martin-luther-king-jr>. This website helps me gain a better understanding on his death. His death was sad and dreadful. A bullet going from the right cheek and then stopping at his shoulder blade.
Jacqueline L. Harris. "The Life of Martin Luther King Jr." Martin Luther King Jr.; Legacy of a Leader: n. pag. Print. In this article I have gained a better insight on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. for instance "It was King's leadership that inspired SCLC's nonviolent policy. King based his philosophy on the teachings of Jesus and those of the Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. To those who opposed SCLC's efforts, King said: 'We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering.... We will not hate you, but we cannot...obey your unjust laws...we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process.' " -Martin Luther King Jr.; Legacy of a Leader.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Strength to Love. N.p.: Martin Luther KIng Jr., 1963. Print. Vol. 1 of Strength to Love. 1 vols. Strength to Love is a book written by Martin Luther King, Jr. It was published in 1963 as a collection of his sermons mainly on the topic of racial segregation in the United States and with a heavy emphasis on permanent religious values, although still omitting some of his more controversial anti-violence.
- - -. Why We Can't Wait. N.p.: Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963. Print. Vol. 1 of Why We Can't Wait. 1 vols. Why We Can't Wait is a book written by Martin Luther King ,Jr. about the struggle against racial segregation in the United States. Specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution".
Schumach, Murray. "Martin Luther King Jr.: Leader of Millions in Nonviolent Drive for Racial Justice; Career A Symbol Of Intergation." New York Times [New York] 5 Apr. 1968: n. pag. Print. From this article, I gathered the information that in the summer of 1963, Dr. King led the March on Washington, stirring the emotions of millions with the words “I have a dream.” On Dec. 10, 1964, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. he later gave another speech on April 3, 1968. but was sadly killed the next day on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.
Primary Sources
"The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." INFOPLEASE. N.p., 2007. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html>. This biographical website highlights the life of Martin Luther King Jr. from birth to death. It emphasizes his civil right speeches. It also details his education and his family.
"Martin Luther King Jr. - Biographical" ["Martin Luther King Jr. - Biographical"]. Nobelprize.org. N.p., 2013. Web. 10 Sept. 2013. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_organizations/nobelmedia/nobelprize_org/>. This website further detailed Martin Luther King Jr's civil right speeches. Highlighting his acceptance speeches, and his "I Have a Dream" speech. Providing the reader with valuable insight on the impact of his speeches and the civil rights movements. It also provided the reader with insight on how Black African American's were treated up to the speech and the after effects of the speech.
"Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream." Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream. N.p., 2013. Web. 13 Sept. 2013. <http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm>. The website provides the written format of the i have a dream speech that Martin Luther King Jr. gave in the late 60's It allows the reader to read the speech and glean important details on how he changed the Civil Rights Movement in America. It also gives the date, time and location of the speech. It also gives you the opportunity to hear the speech as it was given.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013. <http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/about/article/copyright_information/>. This website discussed and reviewed books written about Martin Luther King, Jr. it will be a valuable recourse tool for anyone wishing to increase their knowledge about his life and the civil rights movement. It also gave information about Civil Rights issues in general.
White, Jack E. "Martin Luther King" ["Martin Luther King"]. Time: n. pag. Print. This article gave me a new point of view of Martin Luther King Jr. Nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. "For all King did to free blacks from the yoke of segregation, whites may owe him the greatest debt, for liberating them from the burden of America's centuries-old hypocrisy about race." -Time Magazine
Secondary Sources
"The Hisotry Channel." HISTORY. N.p., 2013. Web. 8 Sept. 2013. <http://www.history.com/topics/martin-luther-king-jr>. This website helps me gain a better understanding on his death. His death was sad and dreadful. A bullet going from the right cheek and then stopping at his shoulder blade.
Jacqueline L. Harris. "The Life of Martin Luther King Jr." Martin Luther King Jr.; Legacy of a Leader: n. pag. Print. In this article I have gained a better insight on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. for instance "It was King's leadership that inspired SCLC's nonviolent policy. King based his philosophy on the teachings of Jesus and those of the Indian leader Mohandas Gandhi. To those who opposed SCLC's efforts, King said: 'We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering.... We will not hate you, but we cannot...obey your unjust laws...we will so appeal to your heart and conscience that we will win you in the process.' " -Martin Luther King Jr.; Legacy of a Leader.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. Strength to Love. N.p.: Martin Luther KIng Jr., 1963. Print. Vol. 1 of Strength to Love. 1 vols. Strength to Love is a book written by Martin Luther King, Jr. It was published in 1963 as a collection of his sermons mainly on the topic of racial segregation in the United States and with a heavy emphasis on permanent religious values, although still omitting some of his more controversial anti-violence.
- - -. Why We Can't Wait. N.p.: Martin Luther King, Jr., 1963. Print. Vol. 1 of Why We Can't Wait. 1 vols. Why We Can't Wait is a book written by Martin Luther King ,Jr. about the struggle against racial segregation in the United States. Specifically the 1963 Birmingham campaign. The book describes 1963 as a landmark year in the civil rights movement, and as the beginning of America's "Negro Revolution".
Schumach, Murray. "Martin Luther King Jr.: Leader of Millions in Nonviolent Drive for Racial Justice; Career A Symbol Of Intergation." New York Times [New York] 5 Apr. 1968: n. pag. Print. From this article, I gathered the information that in the summer of 1963, Dr. King led the March on Washington, stirring the emotions of millions with the words “I have a dream.” On Dec. 10, 1964, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. he later gave another speech on April 3, 1968. but was sadly killed the next day on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn.