Bibliographical:

Here is a link to an excerpt from "I Have a Dream" in RealAudio. What do you make of the emphasis he places on certain words? What makes him a great speaker?

Here's King's speech "The Purpose of Education." Write a summary of the speech. What, according to King, is the purpose of education? Do you agree?

Want to hear more of King's work? Here is a page with lots of links to King in RealAudio.

Biographical:

Here's a great place to start your research on King from Stanford University.

This page has information about the King National Historical Site, located in Atlanta. What might you learn there that other biographical material doesn't pay much attention to?

Cultural:

If you'd like to put King's work into a historical context, you will want to know something about the Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. To get you started, here's a good general page about the Civil Rights Movement from The Encyclopedia Britannica.

Here is an article about controversy over jokes about civil rights leaders like King. Had you read about this situation before? Do you think the complaints are well-founded? Why or why not?