The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University

Document Type

Website

Abstract

This site was chosen as one of the “Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2000” by RUSA Quarterly. According to the website’s Overview, “[t]he King Papers Project is a major research effort to assemble and disseminate historical information concerning Martin Luther King, Jr. and the social movements in which he participated.” In addition to an extensive King Biography, Encyclopedia, and collection of Audio recordings, the website includes the most complete inventory available of King’s major sermons, speeches, public statements, published writings, manuscripts, and substantial notes and outlines. Each of the 1,750 catalog records in the inventory contains information that enables scholars to identify the documents and determine the archival location of the original.

Publication Date

2005

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