|
Did You Know?
| 
| |
Dr. King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 for his work as a Civil Rights leader.
|
| 2013 Stamp Set | |
| |
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is featured as the Passport® National Stamp!
|
|
|
|
Monday, January 20 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
It is not only a day that commemorates the life and legacy of one of the main architects of the American Civil Rights movement and his dedication to non-violent social reform, but a day of service. You can honor the memory of Dr. King by finding a project here, registering your own project, or getting involved in another way. You can also commemorate the holiday on January 20 with free admission to all national parks.
|
|
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
| |
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929 in his grandfather's house. After completing seminary and earning his doctorate, he became the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Dr. King is one of the most recognizable figures of the Civil Rights Movement. He played a major role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955, which resulted in a U.S. District Court ruling that ended racial segregation on Montgomery city buses. He then went on to found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference along with other key Civil Rights activists in 1957. In 1963, Dr. King led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where he delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. The impact of the March and specifically of Dr. King's speech was indelible, leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and effectively ending segregation in schools and public buildings. Later, Dr. King led the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama, now Selma to Montgomery NST.
Read more about Dr.King here.
|
|
| 
This concise guidebook provides an enlightening glimpse into how African American history is preserved and interpreted in America's national parks. Woven together, the diverse park sites provide a tapestry into the legacy of the African American experience. This book includes dozens of historic and present-day images of the parks and the people and events they commemorate.
68 pages. Produced by Eastern National. ISBN 978-1-59091-115-0. Printed in the USA.
Price: $8.95
|
|
Park Sites
| |
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, where his birth home is preserved
The King Center-founded by Dr. King's wife, Coretta Scott King, after his assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC.
Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, which commemorates the events and people of the 1965 Voting Rights March in Alabama
Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site explores the case that ended legal segregation in public schools
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitewhere nine African-American teenagers entered the newly integrated school for the first time, testing the decision of the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
|
|
|
Sincerely,
eParks.com
Eastern National
|
|
|
