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Use this collection of picture books to help young learners learn about the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is days away and the community celebration has begun.

Ahead of the federal holiday celebrating the birthday of the civil rights leader, here are materials to help educate all ages about the fight for racial justice.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., was dedicated Aug. 28, 2011, the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, though the ceremony was postponed until Oct. 16 due to Hurricane Irene. (Unsplash/Forest Simon) "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." My Catholic moral education began in 1952 at an "Irish" parish, Christ the King in East Cleveland, Ohio. Fortu...

Ruby Bridges to speak at SU’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lucy Messineo-Witt / Staff Photographer Rev. Raphael Warnock, last years keynote speaker, was recently elected as Georgias first Black senator. Facebook Google+ The Daily Orange is a nonprofit newsroom that receives no funding from Syracuse University. Consider donating today to support our mission. Civil rights activist and bestselling author Ruby Bridges will be the keynote speaker for Syracuse University’s annu...

Montclair Art Museum Presents "Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell" (MONTCLAIR, NJ) --  Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell, a new thought-provoking photography exhibition at Montclair Art Museum (MAM), reimagines the iconic work of early to mid-century painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell through the lens of modern America. With stunningly vivid detail, Meiners’s carefully constructed photographs turn nostalgia on its head and rework Rockwell’s familiar i...

Change the name of the ‘White’ House! Change this oppressive system! January 1, 2021 by Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at  6261 AAAK, January 2021 JC-PG Africans Deserve Reparations! ‘Cause Black Lives Matter! Habari Gani? What’s the message? Blessings of Imani, Umoja, Kujichagulia, Ujima, Ujamaa, Nia and Kuumba – faith, unity, self-determination, collective work, cooperative economics, purpose and creativity – on every day and all year long. Victorious g...

SOUTH CAROLINA AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY CALENDAR: JANUARY HONOREE – ALLIE BROOKS A native of the Florence area, Allie Brooks earned a bachelor’s degree and a Commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army from South Carolina State University in 1968. Afterwards, he received a master’s degree in Education Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1974 and Education Specialist Degree in 2014. He completed the Institute on the Principal and School Improvement in 1987 ...

Debbie Allen And Phylicia Rashad Drop Gems Just In Time For The New Year With brief appearances from their daughters, Condola Rashad and Vivian Nixon, and Allen’s two grandchildren, the two icons brought love and laughter in a holiday-themed IG live. Debbie Allen and Phylicia Rashad | Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for The Music Center Sisters Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen came through the day after Christmas with an epic IG Live. At ages 73 and 71, Rashad and Allen,...

FILE - In this July 20, 2006, file photo, Lucille Bridges poses next to the original 1964 Norman Rockwell painting, "The Problem We All Live With," showing her daughter Ruby, inside the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Bridges, a Hurricane Katrina evacuee and Houston resident after the storm, looked for the first time at the Rockwell original capturing her oldest daughter, Ruby, as she was escorted by U.S. marshals into an all-white New Orleans school during integration nearly a half-century ear...