Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunrise Breakfast Celebrations

MLK Sunrise Breakfast Celebrations at the American Library Association's Midwinter Meetings are sponsored by ALA's Office for Literacy and Outreach Services, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Task Force of the ALA Social Responsibilities Round Table, the Black Caucus of the ALA, and World Book.

Dr. King Newspaper Online Resource

A free newspaper archive of 50,000 pages about Dr. King was released on January 15, 2006. The website is a free service of NewspaperARCHIVE.com and contains original stories about the Montgomery bus boycott, the “I Have A Dream” speech, details about King's assassination on April 4, 1968, along with thousands of other headlines detailing King’s life and work.

Past Gatherings

2006 Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Monday, January 23, 2006

2004 Midwinter Meeting, San Diego, CA
January 12, 2004

• Herb Cawthorne, keynote speaker at the 2004 Midwinter Celebration

2003 Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, PA
January 27, 2003

• 2003 Closing Speech by Andrew P. Jackson (Sekou Molefi Baako),  Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, Queens Borough Public Library

ALA 2002 Midwinter Meeting, New Orleans, LA
January 21, 2002

• 2002 Program Closing by Johnnieque (Johnnie) B. Love, Coordinator of Personnel Programs, Personnel and Budget Office, University of Maryland Libraries in College Park

ALA 2001 Midwinter Meeting, Washington, D.C.
January 15, 2001

• Keynote by Dr. Ronald Walters, Professor, African-American Studies, University of Maryland
  
• 2001 Program Closing by Sandra Rios Balderrama, Former Director, ALA Office for Diversity
  
• Pictures and list of the participants
  

ALA 2000 Midwinter Meeting, San Antonio, TX
January 17, 2000

• Keynote Speech by Dr. E. J. Josey, Professor Emeritus, School of Information Sciences
  University of Pittsburgh, and Past-President of American Library Association