Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day



I wouldn't presume to know how anyone should celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but I hope that people do. There's some talk this year that many US citizens have a hard time connecting to Dr. King and his legacy. This is surprising because as a modern figure there's so much there to which we can connect: his dreams for racial equality, his work towards social justice, his flawed character, his celebrity, his status as an icon through which we appreciate the contributions of all black Americans, his devotion to prayer, that he put into action principles he learned about and considered as a student, that he had to deal with being his father's son, that he was a husband and father himself, that he was a central figure in a movement just as if not more important for the contributions of its rank and file, and so much more. As an opportunity to reflect on modern society and so many important ideas that drive our daily living I think it should be a more important holiday than it is, and hope that more people will come around to my way of thinking.

There are some comics and comics-related things on-line:

* Ethan Persoff's posting of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story
* Sean Kleefeld presents that same comic
* Persoff's presentation of the Spanish-language version of that same comic
* Sean Kleefeld presents Golden Legacy: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
* Ho Che Anderson's site includes a look at several pages of his book King
* page for Ho Che Anderson's biography, King
* Martin Luther King, Jr. coloring page illustrations
* another coloring page
* although not comics, Dr. King has been the subject of several visual interpretations in children's picture books: here's one list containing some of the better-known examples.
* here's one such book aimed for kids, built around a visual-verbal blend
* Martin Luther King, Jr. page at Cartoonstock
* Cagle index of Martin Luther King, Jr. cartoons
* cartoon from The Black Commentator
* another cartoon from The Black Commentator
* Steve Greenberg on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
* Joel Pett on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
 
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