Due to the extreme cold, the Chicago History Museum will be closed on Monday, 1/15.

Looking for virtual resources?

• Check out our video from Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021!

• Read a blog post reflecting on the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
• Watch a clip of Dr. King speaking at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights at Soldier Field, June 21, 1964.
• Read a blog post about John A. McDermott, an associate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was a leader in race relations and urban affairs in Chicago from 1960 into the 1990s.

External Resources

• Check out this collection of recommended lessons, teachable texts, and further readings from Learning for Justice (LFJ), a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
• Read LFJ’s list of dos and don’ts for celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
• Peruse the website of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University, where you can access the King Encyclopedia, thousands of documents, photographs, and publications, and more.
• Explore the King Center’s virtual exhibitions.