Q.MLK Day is this weekend and I want to learn more about Martin Luther King, Jr. as a man - not just the history of the holiday. What can you tell me about him and where can I read more information about him?
A. The library has hundreds of books and DVDs about MLK Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil- rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing until today.
Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African American citizens in the United States, helped create the Civil Rights Act of 1964, was instrumental in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
