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MLK LEBANON

30 TOOL KIT

Purpose:  To remember MLK’s legacy and contributions to our world.  To create awareness through online and social media campaigns.  To offer suggestions for church service messages on Jan. 18th as part of the MLK Celebration Weekend  To help teachers select books for student lesson plans

Contacts:

Karen Schaeffer, Coordinator, (513) 305-8295, [email protected] Raye Kimberlin, Publicity, (513) 258-1017, [email protected]

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

30 Milestones in the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther Jr. Mrs. , who served as Chair, Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday Commission and Founding President of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, is quoted as saying:

“As a nation chooses its heroes and heroines, a nation interprets its history and shapes its destiny. The commemoration of the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. can help America realize its true destiny as the global model for democracy, economic and social justice, and as the first nonviolent society in human history.”

1. 1929 Born in

2. 1948 Graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta

3. 1951 Graduated from Crozer Theological Seminary

4. 1954 Supreme Court ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional (Brown v. Board of Education) Selected as pastor for Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

5. 1955 Supreme Court ordered desegregation of public schools Earned Ph.D. from Boston University

6. 1955 Rosa Parks is arrested on Montgomery bus Led protest involving Rosa Parks, and the began

7. 1956 Supreme Court ruled bus segregation unconstitutional

8. 1957 Became president of new Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)

9. 1957 Featured on Time Magazine cover

10. 1957 Delivered his first national address, "" Congress passed Civil Rights Act of 1957

11. 1959 Visited India to study nonviolent tactics, met Gandhi's family

12. 1960 President Eisenhower signed Civil Rights Act of 1960 covering voter registration

13. 1961 Negotiated for Freedom Riders Segregation in interstate travel formally banned Made his only visit to Seattle

14. 1963 Wrote his "Letter from Birmingham Jail"

15. 1963 Met with President John F. Kennedy

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

30 Milestones in the Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. (continued)

16. 1963 Delivered "" speech at Lincoln Memorial to 250,000 people at the March on Washington

17. 1964 Time Magazine "Man of the Year" Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed into law Received Nobel Peace Prize, youngest person ever

18. 1965 1965 Voting Rights Act signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson Marched from Selma to Montgomery and was arrested

19. 1966 Led demonstrations in Chicago

20. 1966 Led "" from Memphis to Jackson

21. 1968 Organized (with the SCLC) the "Poor People's Campaign" on Washington Led striking sanitation workers in a march in Memphis

22. 1968 Delivered his last speech, "I've Been to " Assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis More than 300,000 people marched with his coffin through Atlanta

23. 1977 Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter

24. 1983 Dr. King's birthday declared a federal holiday by President Ronald Reagan

25. 1985 Lebanon hosted its first M.L.K. Celebration

26. 1986 January 20, 1986 – First national Observed.

November 3, 1992 – After a coalition of citizens for an Arizona King Holiday launched successful protest and boycott campaigns, 27. 1992 the people of Arizona passed referendum establishing Martin Luther King, Jr. state holiday.

August 23, 1994 – President Clinton signed the Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday and Service Act, expanding the mission of the holiday 28. 1994 as a day of community service, interracial cooperation and youth anti-violence initiatives.

29. 2004 Awarded a Congressional Gold Medal

30. 2011 The MLK Monument on the National Mall was opened to the public.

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

#MLKLebanon30DaysofService

Suggested Social Media Posts (December 21, 2014 – January 19, 2015)

Day 1 - Sign up to become a volunteer for a local organization. Day 2 - Cease all negative words and comments about or towards others today. Day 3 - Give blood. http://www.hoxworth.org/groups/colony7.html Day 4 - Reach out to a family member who is estranged or distant today. Day 5 - Deliver meals to people working on the holiday. Day 6 - Take a deep breath if you're angry and wait to speak more peacefully today. Day 7 - Donate a coat to a coat drive - Bethel AME Sunday School, 111 N. Cherry Street. Day 8 -Shovel snow or take out the trash for a neighbor. Day 9 - Compliment at least two people today. Day 10 - Help someone who is out of work with their resume or job search. Day 11 - Say “Thank you” to at least two people today. Day 12 - Forgive someone today. Day 13 - Train to become an income tax preparer volunteer. http://www.wccsi.org Day 14 - Do not complain or talk negatively about anyone today. Day 15 - Pick up groceries for a senior citizen in your community. Day 16 - Thank your clergy today. Day 17 - Register to attend “Seeing The Face of God in Each Other” Training at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church – Jan. 17th Day 18 - Send a letter or care package to a soldier deployed overseas. Day 19 - Register to vote! www.WarrenCountyBOE.us Day 20 - Join the bone marrow registry. Visit www.BeTheMatch.org Day 21 - Do an unpleasant chore without complaining today. Day 22 - Write a long overdue thank you note today. Day 23 - Be a hospice volunteer. Visit www.HospiceofDayton.org Day 24 - Volunteer at our local animal shelter. www.HomelessPets.org Day 25 - Volunteer, lead or tutor at the Homework Zone. Sign up at UGIVE.org Day 26 - Reach out to someone from a different generation than yours and uplift them today Day 27 - Donate food and personal care items to the Lebanon Food Pantry. Day 28 - Take time to listen to someone who is sad or depressed today. Day 29 - Let go of an age-old grudge that is affecting your own peace of mind today. Day 30 - Attend the MLK Candlelight March at 6PM from Bethel to Celebration at St. Patrick's Episcopal Church!

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

30 SCRIPTURE SUGGESTIONS FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SUNDAY SERVICE

1. Genesis 37:18—20 They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. They said to each other, “Here comes that dreamer. Now is our chance; let us kill him and throw him into one of these pits and say that a wild beast has devoured him. Then we shall see what will become of his dreams”.

2. Leviticus 19:15 Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

3. Deuteronomy 16:18 Appoint judges and other officials in every town that the Lord your God gives you. These men are to judge the people impartially.

4. Psalm 34:14 Turn away from evil and do good. Search for Peace and work to maintain it.

5. Psalm 82:3—4 Give justice to the weak and the orphan; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

6. Psalm 140:12 Lord, I know that you defend the cause of the poor and the rights of the needy.

7. Proverbs 21:3 Do what is right and just; that is more pleasing to God than sacrifice.

8. Proverbs 21:15 NIV When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.

9. Proverbs 28:5 Evil people do not know what justice is, but those who worship the Lord understand it well.

10. Isaiah 1:16—17 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead for the widow.

11. Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

12. Isaiah 51:7 Hearken unto me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of people, and be not dismayed by their revilings.

13. Amos 5:21—24 I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies. Even though you offer me burnt offerings and cereal offerings, I will not accept them, and the peace offerings of your fatted beasts, I will not look upon. Take away from me the noise of your songs; to the melody of your harps I will not listen. But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream.

14. Micah 6:8 NIRV The Lord has shown you what is good. He has told you what he requires of you. You must act with justice. You must love to show mercy. And you must be humble as you live in the sight of your God.

15. Zechariah 7:9 NIRV Here is what the Lord who rules over all said to his people. “Treat everyone with justice. Show mercy and tender concern to one another.

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

30 SCRIPTURE SUGGESTIONS FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. SUNDAY SERVICE (continued)

16. Matthew 5:3—12 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the realm of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall

17. Matthew 5:16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

18. Luke 2:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

19. Luke 18:7-8 Now, will God not judge in favor of his own people who cry to him day and night for help? Will he be slow to help them? I tell you, he will judge in their favor and do it quickly.

20. John 8:12 I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

21. John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you, I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

22. Romans 15:5 NIV May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you follow Christ Jesus,

23. 1 Corinthians 14:33 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace. As in all the congregations of the saints,

24. 2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

25. Ephesians 4:3 NIV Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

26. Ephesians 6:14 Be ready! Let the truth be like a belt around your waist, and let God's justice protect you like armor.

27. Philippians 4:6-7 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

28. Colossians 3:12—14 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness, lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving one another; as God has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Md above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

29. Hebrews 1:8 About the Son, however, God said: “Your kingdom, O God, will last forever and ever! You rule over your people with justice".

30. 2 Peter 3:13 What we await are new heavens and a new earth where, according to God’s promise, the justice of God will reside.

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

30 CHILDRENS BOOKS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David A. Adler and Robert Casilla DK Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. By Amy Pastan, Primo Levi Feliz Cumpleaños, Martin Luther King By: Jean Marzollo Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo I Am #4: Martin Luther King, Jr. by Grace Norwich I Have a Dream by Margaret Davidson If You Grew Up at the Time of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Ellen Levine I've Seen the Promised Land by Walter Dean Myers Just Like Martin By Ossie Davis King's Courage (Blast to the Past) By Rhody Cohon, Stacia Deutsch Let's Get Ready for Martin Luther King Jr. Day By Lloyd G. Douglas M.L.K.: The Journey of a King by Tonya Bolden, edited by Bob Adelman March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World By: Martin Luther King Jr. A Man with a Dream By Jayne Pettit Martin Luther King Jr. Day By Margaret McNamara Martin Luther King, Jr. by Alice Fleming Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities By Pamela Friedman Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life and Dreams by Christine King Farris Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Doreen Rappaport Martin's Dream by Jane Kurtz My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, III. My Dream of Martin Luther King by Faith Ringgold My First Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marion Dane Bauer My Uncle Martin's Big Heart by Angela Farris Watkins

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down by: Andrea Pinkney The Day Martin Luther King, Jr. Was Shot by James Haskins of Martin Luther King by Liz Gogerly The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore What Is Martin Luther King Jr (Holiday Collection) by Margot Parker

Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? by Bonnie Bader

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

MORE BOOKS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

BOOKS WRITTEN BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Strength to Love. This is a collection of Dr. King’s most requested sermons.

Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. Dr. King’s first book; the story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the beginning of the Nonviolent .

The Trumpet of Conscience. This book is taken from the 1967 Massey Lectures which King gave through the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. King addresses issues including the Vietnam War, youth and civil disobedience and concludes with the “Christmas Sermon for Peace.”

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? An assessment of America’s priorities and a warning that they need to be re-ordered.

Why We Can’t Wait. The essential writings of Martin Luther King, Jr., James M. Washington, ed.

BOOKS ABOUT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Bennett, Lerone, Jr. What Manner of Man. An in-depth biography of Dr. King by senior editor of Ebony magazine, a college classmate of Dr. King’s.

Oates, Stephen B. Let The Trumpet Sound: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr. An extensive and well researched biography of Dr. King which allows the reader to experience the life of Dr. King and the times in which he lived.

Schulke, Flip, ed. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Documentary, Montgomery to Memphis. A pictorial biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Witherspoon, Wm. Roger. Martin Luther King, Jr.: To the Mountaintop. An extensively illustrated biography of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement.

BOOKS BY FAMILY MEMBERS

Farris, Christine King. Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Life and Dream. Teaching guide for grades K-12.

King, Rev. Bernice A. Hard Questions, Heart Answers: Three Rivers Press

King, Coretta Scott. My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Mrs. King writes of her experiences as the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King, Dexter Scott. Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir: Grand Central Publishing

King, Rev. Martin Luther, Sr. Daddy King: An Autobiography. Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. tells the poignant aspects of his life.

King, Yolanda Denise; Elodia Tate. Open My Eyes, Open My Soul : Celebrating Our Humanity

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 www.MLKLebanon.org – [email protected]

Support The MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon And Join Our Circle of Friends !

For just $30, you will support children in our afterschool enrichment program – The Homework Zone, 40 Days of Peace Activities, Health Initiatives, Make A Difference Day activities and M.L.K. Day Celebrations.

All Circle of Friends will have their names listed in the 2015 MLK Celebration programs.

Remember, your donation may be tax deductible.

------MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon – Circle of Friends Sponsorship Form

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Sponsorship Level: Circle of Friends $30 ______Additional gift $______

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Deadline to be included in the program – January 9, 2015

Please return this completed form with check payable to:

MLK Community Coalition of Lebanon, PO Box 1671, Lebanon, Ohio 45036.

For additional information, please call (513) 932-7919.

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