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Celebrating MLK

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, UW Libraries encourages you to explore our tri-campus resources within our collections and across campuses that reflect Dr. King’s work and collective efforts to combat racism, inequality, and injustice in our community and beyond.

  • MLK visit to Seattle – Seattle Labor History Project At the invitation of his friend, Reverend Samuel B McKinney, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Seattle in November 1961. The visit proved to be much more controversial than expected. Rev. McKinney tells the story in a dramatic video interview.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Streaming Video Display from UW Bothell Library’s Social Justice Team:  a virtual display highlighting streaming videos in our collections that touch on themes related to fights for racial and social justice in the United States since the mid-20th century. More specifically, we have grouped the videos by their specific themes to enable “browsing” across this display.

Examples of titles include:

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Whose Streets? “Told by the activists and leaders who live and breathe this movement for justice, Whose Streets? is an unflinching look at the Ferguson uprising.”

All Power to the People! “Opening with a montage of four hundred years of racial injustice in America, this powerful documentary provides the historical context for the establishment of the 60s civil rights movement.”

Arc of justice: the rise, fall and rebirth of a beloved community “This film traces the remarkable journey of New Communities, Inc. and the struggle for racial justice and economic empowerment among African Americans in southwest Georgia.”

 

UW Libraries Reading Groups with a Social Justice Focus

REAL Lit

Real Lit is an online, peer-based book club led by UW Tacoma Library, in collaboration with the Center for Equity and Inclusion. In the context of the chosen book, students, staff, and community participants share their perspectives and collective experiences.  The winter 2026 selection is Wicked by Gregory Maguire. Real Lit is open to anyone in the UW community.

Community Reads

Hosted by the UW Bothell/Cascadia College Library, this annual program aims to build community through reading and group reflection. Each quarter, they focus on different stories from selected texts, and the unique ways that these authors are dreaming the world.  For the 2024-2025 academic year, Community Reads programming will be centered around the topic of Zines and Movements.

They will explore the relationship between social justice movements and zines, highlighting how zines can be used as a medium for communication, advocacy, and artistry. The theme of "Movements" is being used across campus this year in tandem with the Cascadia Global Education Committee, the Teaching & Learning Academy, and the Integrated & Applies Learning Committee. Explore their in-library Winter events.

 

Additional Events & Resources

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