Martin Luther King, Jr. Anniversary

2013 topic: "The Road to Social Justice Begins with One Step" 

Events held in the MSU Libraries for the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration​:

• Social Justice Film Series and Discussion 
  • "The Loving Story", presented by Catherine Grosso, MSU College of Law, 7:00 p.m., Main Library North Conference Room (4th Floor West)
  • "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow: Promises Betrayed (1865 - 1896), 12:00 p.m. -1:00 p.m. Main Library Reference Instruction Room (1st Floor).

Resources used for the 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Celebration exhibit:

Audio

• Remembering Jim Crow - Recollections taken from interviews compiled by the Behind the Veil Project at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.

Video

• Voices of Civil Rights - A compilation of materials on the civil rights movement, from personal narratives of life in the period, to insights into the Mississippi Sovereignty Commission, to the 1965 march on Montgomery, along with biographies of two of the leaders of the movement.
• The long walk to freedom: a documentary about the civil rights movement - Twelve civil rights activists share their experiences with San Francisco students. Includes brief video autobiographies of the activists and a section where students respond with questions, poetry, songs and essays.

Images

• Courtesy from the Library of Congress image collections