COMMUNITY EVENTS

Check websites for start times and further details.

TULSA:

Tulsa Martin Luther King Jr. Parade

N. Detroit Ave. & John Hope Franklin Blvd.

mlktulsa.com

Founders’ Community Breakfast

First Baptist Church North Tulsa

facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNorthTulsa/

OKC:

Silent March

Starts at OKC Freedom Center, ends at Oklahoma History Center

freedomcenterokc.org

National Bell Ringing Ceremony

Oklahoma History Center

freedomcenterokc.org

MLK Holiday Parade

Starts at N.W. Sixth and Walker, ends at W. Reno and Walker

freedomcenterokc.org

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

midwestcityok.org

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

www.ardmorecity.org

MUSKOGEE:

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade & Celebration

Martin Luther King Community Center, Muskogee

facebook.com/MuskogeeMLK14

NORMAN:

Norman Philharmonic presents: Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration

McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church, Norman

normanphil.com/season

NATIONWIDE:

MLK Day of Service

Nationwide

cityyear.org/tulsa

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

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