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Martin Luther King Day (15 January 2007)

Martin Luther King (Photo source: The Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers Project) Monday, 15 January 2007, the United States celebrates the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s birth (born on 15 January 1929). Two generations ago Dr. King challenged segregation and racial discrimination by leading marches and boycotts in the southern United States, sparking the beginning of the civil rights movement.



Selected learning materials

A Guide to Choosing to Participate
This guide accompanies an on-line exhibition. "Choosing To Participate" focuses on a time in American history when people were struggling to expand democratic traditions and strengthen democratic ideals.

Discovering the UDHR (Amnesty International-USA)
By examining two real cases of human rights abuses students are introduced to the contents and spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Discrimination, Human Rights and You. Teacher's Manual
This a sample lesson from Chapter Two: Discrimination form the manual "Discrimination, Human Rights and You: Teacher's Manual", developed in a human rights education project in Alberta, Canada. The goal of this lesson is to help students distinguish between discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping.

Learning Activities for Use With Young People to Explore the Issue of Discrimination
These five lesson activities, developed by Amnesty International, explore the issue of discrimination using discussion, group exercise, project work and a copy of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Political Rights in a Democracy
Through problems and role play activities, this sample lesson can be used to stimulate thinking about how government affects peoples lives, the various forms of participation in a democracy, and political participation as linked to human rights and the Universal Declaration.

International treaties guaranteeing civil and political rights and prevention of discrimination and racism:
- United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1963)
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966)
- International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (1973)
- Declaration on Race and Racial Prejudice (1978)


Useful links

Martin Luther King Jr. - A Career of Humanity (civilrights.org)

The Martin Luther King Papers Project at Stanford University

MLK Memorial

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Martin Luther King Center

Calendar of Martin Luther King Day events and activities

 
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