We hope that you will join us for our special programs in honor of the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
We also have recommendations for great books and movies about Dr. King, and a special resource from our Queens Memory team.
All Queens Public Library locations will be closed on Monday, January 15 for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.
Queens Memory: Martin Luther King, Jr. at Queens College
Book Picks for Teens and Adults
Queens Memory: Martin Luther King, Jr. at Queens College
Listen to audio clips from the inaugural John F. Kennedy Lecture Series speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr. on May 13, 1965, at Queens College, City University of New York.
Special Programs
Click on the link in each title for more information.
Celebrating MLK: Letter Writing Contest
Friday, January 5-Saturday, January 13, 12pm
Bellerose Library
250-06 Hillside Avenue
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Celebrating MLK: Crafternoon: Peace Doves
Tuesday, January 9, 3pm
North Forest Park Library
98-27 Metropolitan Avenue
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Celebrating MLK: Martin Luther King Day Craft
Tuesday, January 9, 3:30pm
Queens Village Library
94-11 217 Street
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Celebrating MLK: Kids Craft Club
Tuesday, January 9, 4pm
Peninsula Library
92-25 Rockaway Beach Boulevard
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Celebrating MLK: Curator's Choice Cinema: January 2024
Thursdays, January 11 and 18, 5pm
Langston Hughes Library
100-01 Northern Boulevard
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Celebrating MLK: STEM: Discovering Black Scientists
Friday, January 12, 2:30pm
North Hills Library
57-04 Marathon Parkway
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Celebrating MLK: Storytime and Craft
Friday, January 12, 4pm
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
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Celebrating MLK: Storytime and STEM Activity
Friday, January 12, 4pm
Glen Oaks Library
256-04 Union Turnpike
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Celebrating MLK: Book Buddies
Saturday, January 13, 11am
Flushing Library
41-17 Main Street
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Celebrating MLK: Celebrating What Makes You Special
Tuesday, January 16, 3pm
Briarwood Library
85-12 Main Street
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Celebrating MLK: Panel Discussion: Activism from the 19th Century to the Present
Tuesday, January 16, 6pm
Virtual
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Celebrating MLK: Teen Trivia
Wednesday, January 17, 3:30pm
Glen Oaks Library
256-04 Union Turnpike
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Celebrating MLK: Special Movie Presentation: Martin Luther King Jr. Documentary
Thursday, January 18, 4pm
McGoldrick Library
155-06 Roosevelt Avenue
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Celebrating MLK: Special Movie Presentation: Martin Luther King Jr. for Children
Friday, January 19, 3pm
McGoldrick Library
155-06 Roosevelt Avenue
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Celebrating MLK: The Meeting, Presented by Shades of Truth Theatre
Saturday, January 20, 2pm
Central Library
89-11 Merrick Boulevard
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Celebrating MLK: Family Film Friday: Our Friend, Martin
Friday, January 26, 3:30pm
Rochdale Village Library
169-09 137 Avenue
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Celebrating MLK: Literary Thursdays: Jonathan Eig, Author of King: A Life
Thursday, February 8, 6pm
Virtual
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We are continuing to add programs that honor Dr. King. Be sure to check the QPL Calendar for the latest updates!
Book Picks for Kids
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. (foreword by Coretta Scott King; paintings by fifteen Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Book artists)
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr. (illustrated by Kadir Nelson)
Book | eBook
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. (selected by Coretta Scott King)
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr. by David A. Adler and Robert Casilla
My First Biography: Martin Luther King, Jr. by Marion Dane Bauer and Jamie Smith
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Voice for Equality! by James Buckley, Jr. and Youneek Studios
Free at Last! by Angela Bull
The Cart That Carried Martin by Eve Bunting and Don Tate
Martin Luther King: the Peaceful Warrior by Ed Clayton and Donald Bermudez
Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Raúl Colón and Paula Yong Shelton
Memphis, Martin, and the Mountaintop: The Sanitation Strike of 1968 by Alice Faye Duncan and R. Gregory Christie
We March by Shane W. Evans
My Brother Martin by Christine King Farris and Chris Soentpiet
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World by Christine King Farris
and London Ladd
Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Melissa Ferguson
Martin Luther King Jr.: Walking in the Light by Jon M. Fishman
Social Revolution and Civil Rights by Martin Gitlin
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Josh Gregory
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Civil Rights Leader by Grace Hansen
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by Lisa M. Herrington
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Kitson Jazynka
Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.?: A Who Was? Board Book by Lisbeth Kaiser and Stanley Chow
My Daddy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King III and AG Ford
Unstoppable: How Bayard Rustin Organized the 1963 March on Washington
by Michael G. Long and Bea Jackson
Book | eBook
1963 March on Washington (Protest! March for Change) by Joyce Markovicks
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King by Jean Marzollo and Brian J. Pinkney
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial: A Stone of Hope by Joanne Mattern
Book | eBook
Young Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" by Joanne Mattern and Allan Eitzen
Martin Luther King Jr. Day by Margaret McNamara and Mike Gordon
I Am Brave: A Little Book about Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos
I Am Martin Luther King, Jr. by Brad Meltzer and Chris Eliopoulos
The Story of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Johnny Ray Moore and Amy Wummer
Dream March: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the March on Washington
by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson and Sally Wern Comport
The Life and Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Ira Peck
Martin Rising: Requiem for a King by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney
Book | Audiobook
Martin's Dream (Ana & Andrew) by Christine Platt and Anuki López
Book | eBook
Martin Luther King Jr.: Fighting for Civil Rights by Christine Platt and David Shepard
Book | eBook
Martin's Big Words by Doreen Rappaport and Bryan Collier
Martin Luther King, Jr. by Lucia Raatma
Martin Luther King...and the Fight for Equality by Sarah Ridley
Coretta Scott by Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson
Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream and You
by Carole Boston Weatherford and James Ransome
Book | eBook
A Place to Land: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Speech That Inspired a Nation
by Barry Wittenstein and Jerry Pinkney
Book Picks for Teens and Adults
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King, Jr.
I Have a Dream and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book | eBook | Audiobook
Strength to Love by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Stride Toward Freedom by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book | eBook
The Trumpet of Conscience by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book | eBook
Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book | eBook | Audiobook
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Book | eBook | Audiobook
Martin Luther King, Jr.: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion (selected by Coretta Scott King)
The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr. (selected by Coretta Scott King)
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. (edited by Clayborne Carson)
Book | eBook | Audiobook
The Essential Martin Luther King, Jr.: "I Have a Dream" and Other Great Writings (eBook) (edited by Clayborne Carson)
A Knock at Midnight: Inspiration from the Great Sermons of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (edited by Clayborne Carson and Peter Holloran)
Book | eBook | Audiobook
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(edited by Clayborne Carson and Kris Shepard)
Book | eBook
A Time to Break Silence: The Essential Works of Martin Luther King, Jr. for Students
(introduction by Walter Dean Myers)
Book | eBook
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches (edited by James Melvin Washington)
I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World (edited by James Melvin Washington)
The Radical King (edited by Cornel West)
Book | eBook
My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King and Barbara Reynolds
Book | Audiobook
King: A Comics Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Ho Che Anderson
Book | Español
Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals
Book | Audiobook
The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Perspectives on Modern World History)
by Noah Berlatsky
M.L.K.: Journey of a King by Tonya Bolden
The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Valerie Bodden
The King Years by Taylor Branch
Burial for a King by Rebecca Burns
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Encyclopedia by Clayborne Carson
Waking from the Dream by David L. Chappell
Book | eBook
The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jacqueline Ching
Boycotts, Strikes, and Marches: Protests of the Civil Rights Era by Barbara Diggs
April 4, 1968 by Michael Eric Dyson
Book | Audiobook
King: A Life by Jonathan Eig
Book | eBook | Audiobook
I See the Promised Land by Arthur Flowers and Manu Chitrakar
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Life by Marshall Frady
An American Death by Gerold Frank
The Life and Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. by James Haskins
Becoming King by Troy Jackson
Life Magazine: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. by Charles Johnson and Bob Adelman
My Time with the Kings by Kathryn Johnson
The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. by Peniel E. Joseph
Nine Days: The Race to Save Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Life and Win the 1960 Election
by Stephen Kendrick & Paul Kendrick
Book | eBook
Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World
by Uma Krishnaswami
Book | eBook
Kennedy and King by Steven Levingston
Book | eBook
March: Book One, Book Two, and Book Three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Martin Luther King, Jr. (Routledge Historical Biographies) by Peter J. Ling
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March
by Lynda Blackmon Lowery
Book | eBook | Audiobook
She Persisted: Coretta Scott King by Kelly Starling Lyons
Book | eBook | Audiobook | Español
Today the World Is Watching You: The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957 by Kekla Magoon
Book | eBook
And We Rise: The Civil Rights Movement in Poems by Erica Martin
Book | eBook | Audiobook
The Murkin Conspiracy by Philip H. Melanson
Martin Luther King Jr. (Public Profiles) (eBook) by The New York Times Editorial Staff
Orders to Kill by William F. Pepper
Killing the Dream by Gerald Posner
Who Killed Martin Luther King? by James Earl Ray
Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation by Jonathan Rieder
Book | eBook
Redemption: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Last 31 Hours by Joseph Rosenbloom
Exploring Civil Rights: The Movement: 1963 by Angela Shanté
Book | eBook
Hellhound on His Trail by Hampton Sides
Book | eBook | Audiobook
King: Pilgrimage to the Mountaintop by Harvard Sitkoff
Death of a King: The Real Story of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Final Year
by Tavis Smiley with David Ritz
Book | eBook
The Heavens Might Crack: The Death and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Jason Sokol
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Book | Audiobook
Chasing King's Killer by James L. Swanson
Book | eBook | Audiobook
Sitting In, Standing Up: Leaders of the Civil Rights Era by Diane C. Taylor
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Let Freedom Ring by Michael Teitelbaum and Lewis Helfand
Martin Luther King, Jr.: A King Family Tribute by Angela Farris Watkins and Andrew Young
Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington by Stephanie Watson
Book | eBook
Killing King: Racial Terrorists, James Earl Ray, and the Plot to Assassinate Martin Luther King Jr. by Stuart Wexler and Larry Hancock
Book | eBook
Movie Picks
All links are DVDs unless otherwise specified.
4 Little Girls (1997)
All The Way (2016)
Been to the Mountaintop (2006)
Betty & Coretta (2013)
Boycott (2001, PG)
The Cart That Carried Martin (2013)
DVD | hoopla Kids Streaming
Coretta Scott (2013)
hoopla Kids Streaming | Kanopy Kids Streaming
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: A Historical Perspective (1994)
Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement 1954-1985 (1986 & 1990)
DVD | Kanopy Streaming
Freedom on My Mind (1994)
History Kids: Coretta Scott King and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy (2018)
History Kids: Martin Luther King, Jr. (2018)
DVD | hoopla Kids Streaming
I Am MLK Jr. (2018) (hoopla Streaming)
I Am Not Your Negro (2016, PG-13)
DVD | hoopla Streaming | Kanopy Streaming
In Remembrance of Martin (1986)
King (1978)
King: Man of Peace in a Time of War (2007)
DVD | hoopla Streaming
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013, PG-13)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
DVD | hoopla Streaming
King in the Wilderness (2018)
The March (2013, TV-PG)
March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World (2008)
DVD | hoopla Kids Streaming | Kanopy Kids Streaming
Martin's Big Words (2002)
DVD | hoopla Kids Streaming | Kanopy Kids Streaming
Men of Peace: Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela (2009)
Our Friend, Martin (1998)
Roads to Memphis (2010, TV-PG)
Selma (2014, PG-13)
Selma, Lord, Selma (1999, PG)
Who Killed Martin Luther King? (1989)
