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There is a good deal of primary source material on the Internet relating to Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. The following sites must therefore not be seen as ‘library’ type resources for students to go away and read. Their use needs careful consideration in terms of:
- the depth of information they contain
- the range of insights published in them
- the ability to communicate with experts and enthusiasts
- the ability to access original archive material
- the potential to use the sites as the basis of really stimulating and imaginative activities
The following sites are recommended because they meet at least some of the criteria listed above.
MLK Web: A Teachers’ Guide
http://martinlutherking.8m.com/
This site proclaims itself to be a time-saving site for teachers looking at the issue of Civil Rights and Martin Luther King. It is very helpfully organised into themes and issues. For example, there are sections which take users directly to sites where they can find examples of King’s lectures and speeches, sometimes as audio or video files.
Martin Luther King Papers Project
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/
This site is a comprehensive collection of papers and documents relating to Martin Luther King and his work. The project is based at Stamford University in the USA.
The Truth about Martin Luther King Jnr
http://www.murple.net/propaganda/racist/mlking.html
This is a highly dubious site in which almost every aspect of King’s life is denigrated and ‘exposed’ as being false or corrupt. It can be a valuable resource but needs careful handling. It may even be better for teachers to download sections of text and edit selectively. It is NOT a site to simply send students to. The content is not immoral or pornographic but the message of the site is one which needs contextualising. As a purely educational resource, it gives an insight into King’s opponents.
National Civil rights Museum Virtual Tour
http://www.mecca.org/~crights/cyber.html
This title is pretty self evident. The Tour provides photographs and commentaries at a selection of key points in the Civil Rights history.
Phototour of the Civil Rights Movement
http://www.seattletimes.com/mlk/movement/PT/phototour.html
This collection of photos belongs to the Seattle Times. It is a photo documentary of key events in the career of King and the Civil Rights movement. It is a resource with huge potential.
