Music, Performers, and the Arts
• The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  debuted in 1945 and is one of the youngest American orchestras to achieve prominence in the last quarter-century.
  
• Morehouse College
  Dr. King graduated from Morehouse -- a historically black, private, liberal arts college for men. Morehouse's Glee Club will perform at this year's "A King Celebration Concert"
  
• Spelman College
  The Glee Club of this top rated women's college will perform at this year's "A King Celebration Concert."
  
• The National Black Arts Festival
  The Festival brings to the stage a full spectrum of artistic disciplines from dance, music and literature to film, drama and the visual arts.

Educational & Research
• The King Center
  The Center is a research, educational and training center dedicated to promoting Dr. King's work and his philosophy of nonviolence.
  
• Mississippi State University
  This school maintains a historical archive of Dr. King's speeches and letters.
  
• MLK Jr. Parade Foundation, Inc. The Foundation works to educate the nation to the economic, social and moral values of strength through diversity.
  
• The National Park Service
  The NPS offers guided tours of the home where Dr. King grew up.

      Essay

• NPR Cultural Programming Senior Producer Ben Roe elaborates on the importance of music in celebrating the King holiday.

      Books

The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Making of a Mind by John J. Ansboro
  
• Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-1963 by Taylor Branch
  
• King: A Biography by David L. Lewis
  
• Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Keith D. Miller
  
• A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., James M. Washington, ed.

  Black Music in America

• The Black Composer Speaks, by David Baker et al
  
• America's Black Musical Heritage, by Tilford Brooks
  
• We Shall Overcome, by Guy and Candance Dcarawan
  
• Black Music In Our Culture and Bibliography of Black Music, by Dominique-Rene DeLerma
  
• Black Women Composers: A Genisis, by Mildred Denby Green
  
• The Music of Black Americans: A History, by Eileen Southern

  Children's Reading

• Jazz, by Langston Hughes
  
• Jazz: My Music, My People, by Morgan Monceaux
  
• Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! by Eleanora E. Tate