COMMUNITY EVENTS
Check websites for start times and further details.
TULSA:
Tulsa Martin Luther King Jr. Parade
N. Detroit Ave. & John Hope Franklin Blvd.
Founders’ Community Breakfast
First Baptist Church North Tulsa
facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNorthTulsa/
OKC:
Silent March
Starts at OKC Freedom Center, ends at Oklahoma History Center
National Bell Ringing Ceremony
Oklahoma History Center
MLK Holiday Parade
Starts at N.W. Sixth and Walker, ends at W. Reno and Walker
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration in the Gardens
Myriad Botanical Gardens, OKC
myriadgardens.org/events/mlk-jr-day-celebration
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast Program
MWC Reed Center, Midwest City
STILLWATER:
Martin Luther King Jr. Day March & Celebration
City of Stillwater Community Center
library.stillwater.org/mlk_day.php
ARDMORE:
MLK Day Parade & Celebration
625 E. Main St., Ardmore
MUSKOGEE:
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade & Celebration
Martin Luther King Community Center, Muskogee
NORMAN:
Norman Philharmonic presents: Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration
McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church, Norman
NATIONWIDE:
MLK Day of Service
Nationwide
2023 I Have a Dream Run: Benefitting Equal Justice Initiative (Virtual)
Nationwide
virtualrunevents.com/product/2022-i-have-a-dream-mlk/
BOOKS FOR ADULTS:
Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life, by Marshall Frady (2002)
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr., edited by Clayborne Carson (1998)
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, 1954-63, by Taylor Branch (1988)
The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., by Jason Sokol (2018)
The Promise and the Dream: The Untold Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. And Robert F. Kennedy, by David Margolick (2018)
The Seminarian: Martin Luther King Jr. Comes of Age, by Patrick Parr (2018)
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN:
I am Martin Luther King, Jr., by Brad Meltzer (2016)
My First Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr., by Marion Dane Bauer (2009)
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream and You, by Carole Boston Weatherford (2018)
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation, by Barry Wittenstein (2019)
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?, by Bonnie Bader (2007)
OTHER MEDIA:
Moments with Dr. King (2011) – Play
The Mountaintop (2009) – Play
Selma (2014) – Film
I Am MLK Jr. (2018) – Documentary
Legacy of Love (2020) – Documentary
