Stanford University
Stanford University: Dr. King Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle
The author(the foremost living authority on Dr. King today) examines the idea and role charisma played in King's leadership style and abilities. The author argues that his use of charisma was not all Dr. King utilized.
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on Martin Luther King, Jr. & Malcolm X
A comprehensive four part lesson plan exploring how the ideas of the two great African American leaders were similar and different both in their ideologies and their visions.
Stanford University
Stanford University: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
A scholarly biographical article on King taken from a work published in 1999 and written by the most authoritative scholar on King today.
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Gilbert Hunt and the Richmond Theater Fire
A lesson about the Richmond Theater Fire in 1811. Many perished in the fire. Those who were saved were helped from inside by Dr. James McCaw, who dropped them from a window to Gilbert Hunt, who caught them enough to break their fall. The...
Stanford University
Stanford University: Lesson Plan on "Beyond Vietnam"
A well designed four part lesson plan on Dr. King's famous speech on the Vietnam War in which he came out against the war.