MLK Remembrance Day at UCLA

Documenting the Struggle: A conversation with filmmaker Stanley Nelson Join American Experience and The WORLD Channel for a virtual conversation with filmmaker Stanley Nelson on his acclaimed Civil Rights films!

PBS Utah has partnered with the MLK Commission for our Book Club in a Box program. We will host a King Conversation in the form a discussion about the book Coming of Age in Mississippi and the KUED production Utah's Freedom Riders. Dr. Karen Johnson from the University of Utah will lead a discussion and filmmaker Nancy Green will be available to answer questions. Check out the book at your local library and come prepared for an in-depth discussion!

King Conversation @ PBS Utah PBS Utah has partnered with the MLK Commission for our Book Club in a Box program. We will host a King Conversation in the form a discussion about the book Coming of Age in Mississippi and the KUED production Utah's Freedom Riders. Dr. Karen Johnson from the University of Utah will lead a discussion...

Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations, White Economic Anxiety and Guaranteed Income in Previously Unheard Speech A newly uncovered speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1967 sounds curiously like the civil rights icon is speaking about current-day conditions as he preaches about underfunded schools, the wage gap, white backlash against black progress and the country’s need to address poverty.

"They said I would never make it/But I was built to break the mold/The only dream that I've been chasing is my own" - Alicia Keys

Illustration: A celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day Independent student newspaper for the University of California, Los Angeles.

At a critical time in the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. visited UCLA and delivered a 55-minute speech - "Segregation Must Die", at the base of Janss Steps. By virtue of a USAC Resolution and the campus leadership of the UCLA Beloved Community Initiative, UCLA commemorates the legacy Dr. King's historic 1965 visit, on the 4th Tuesday of April each year, with a day of films, broadcasts, panels and more.

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at UCLA | UCLA 100 At a critical time in the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. visits UCLA and delivers a 55-minute speech at the base of Janss Steps.

If a picture paints a thousand words. Then several pictures paint several thousand words.

Martin Luther King Jr.: His life in pictures A Baptist minister, King led the civil rights movement by peacefully pursuing a vision of racial justice. He was assassinated in 1968.

At a critical time in the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King, Jr. visits UCLA and delivers a 55-minute speech at the base of Janss Steps.

Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at UCLA | UCLA 100

On the third Monday of January every year, the federal government closes up shop for a day to honor civil rights hero Martin Luther King, Jr. — who was assassinated Apr. 4, 1968 in Memphis. But it was an uphill battle that took 32-years before it was adopted by every State in the Union.

How did Martin Luther King Jr. Day become a federal holiday? Here's the history Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is observed yearly on the third Monday in January, but the push to make a federal holiday honoring him was controversial.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Don't forget these women who helped propel the civil rights movement As the nation celebrates Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, it is also a time to remember the women who helped King propel the civil rights movement forward. "There would be no King holiday, no civil rights movement, no opportunity to be reflective of how far we’ve come if it wasn’t for

"Dr. King is remembered as one of the most important human beings in history. In some ways, his level of achievement, compassion, and significance can be daunting. But Dr. King, in his own words, reminded us that what he did and stood for was no extraordinary feat—we must rise to our own greatness for the betterment of all mankind. He reminded us that no man was ever granted a right that he didn't fight for. And that when we come together—we as a country, as a people, as human beings—we can overcome anything and make this world a better place."

Google Doodle celebrates MLK Day with an illustration honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Google Doodle celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is the first federal holiday named after a modern private citizen.

“You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be. And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer…. You’re afraid that you will lose your job, or you are afraid that you will be criticized or that you will lose your popularity, or you’re afraid that somebody will stab you, or shoot at you or bomb your house; so you refuse to take the stand. Well, you may go on and live until you are 90, but you’re just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90. And the cessation of breathing in your life is but the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.