Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute

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The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute at Stanford University assembles and disseminates comprehensive resources about King's life and the movements he inspired. Learn more at https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/.

The photograph depicts a 1966 Mississippi billboard that features an image of King surrounded by other individuals at Highlander Folk School in Tennessee. Text on the billboard proclaims, "Martin Luther King at Communist Training School." Photograph by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Martin Luther King Sr. speaking at Alberta Williams King's funeral by Boyd Lewis. Boyd Lewis photographs, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center.
Photograph of King courtesy of the State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.
Photograph of King and Coretta Scott King by Herman Hiller, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. LC-USZ62-116775.
Photograph of Evers, top left, by Robert Knudsen. White House Photographs. John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Boston.
In the photograph, King receives an honorary doctorate from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Courtesy of the National Archives of the Netherlands, Anefo Photo Collection, ID 2.24.01.05.
Photograph of King by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Clarence Jones receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joseph Biden from the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
Photograph of King by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of King at the Quaker Center in Delhi, February 1959, courtesy of the U.S. Embassy New Delhi.
Photograph courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration, RG 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
Photograph of King by George Conklin, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
Photograph of King speaking with students after a 5 November 1962 speech at the University of Michigan courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library: Bentley Image Bank, University of Michigan.
Photograph of bomb damage at the Gaston Motel by Marion S. Trikosko. Courtesy of the U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-04293.
Photograph of King with his son Martin Luther King III by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, © Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Coretta Scott King by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, © Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of King marching with others in Boston. "Martin Luther King - Hans Bosshard 1965-04-23.jpg" by Hans Bosshard is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photograph of King in Birmingham by Marion S. Trikosko. Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, LC-DIG-ppmsca-72946.
Photograph of Coretta Scott King at her husband's 9 April 1968 funeral by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
King and aide Bernard Lee wait while an Alabama highway patrolman issues Andrew Young a speeding citation. 1966 photograph by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of King by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Bernice King by Eric Draper. "DIG13621-130" by LBJLibraryNow is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
Photograph of King speaking at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March on 25 March 1965 courtesy of the Records of the U.S. Information Agency, National Archives and Records Administration.
Ralph Abernathy and Coretta Scott King speak and lead songs at the base of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1968 Poor People's Campaign. Photograph by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph from Abernathy Family Photos, courtesy of the Abernathy family.
Photograph of Bernard Lafayette by Representative Terri A. Sewell.
Photograph of King by Kentucky Office of Public Information. Courtesy of Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
Photograph of King by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Dr. Lerone Martin by Jess Alvarenga.
Photograph of Jesse Jackson by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King laying a wreath at Gandhi's memorial by U.S. Embassy New Delhi.
Celebrate Black History Month 2026 Theme: A Century of Black History Commemorations
Photograph by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith. Courtesy of the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-highsm-14492.
Photograph of King courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of James Farmer courtesy of the New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppmsca-38689.
Rosa Parks speaks in front of the Alabama State Capitol during the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March. Photograph courtesy of the Matt Herron photography archive (M2866). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California.
The 3 January 1964 cover of Time magazine names Martin Luther King, Jr. as 1963's "Man of the Year" and features an illustration of King.
The Mapping MLK Project presents a revolutionary way to visualize King's movements across the globe. Trace his steps from Atlanta to the history books.
King's receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize is celebrated at a January 1965 dinner in Atlanta. Photograph courtesy of Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, LBSCB12-120d, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library.
The King Institute and the Stanford Institute for Advancing Just Societies present MLK: Live from the Archives. Join us for an exclusive look into Martin Luther King, Jr.'s legacy through rare archival documents brought to life by Dr. Lerone Martin, director of Stanford's MLK Research and Education Institute. Thursday, January 15th, 2026, 4:30 pm-6:30 pm Simonyi Conference Center, 4th floor CoDa Building, 389 Jane Stanford Way Tour the new MLK Research and Education Institute space Tours available prior to the event, between 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Tour location: The King Institute 450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 370 Cosponsored by the Department of African and African American Studies and the School of Humanities and Sciences.
The image is from the cover of Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story, a 16-page comic book about the Montgomery bus boycott published by the Fellowship of Reconciliation in 1958. Written by Alfred Hassler and Benton Resnik with illustrations by Sy Barry, the comic helped to disseminate the principles of nonviolent direct action.
Photograph of Rosa Parks by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph of King by Cees de Boer, Noord-Hollands Archief / Fotoburo de Boer.
Photograph of Yolanda King in 1968 by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Martin Luther King, Jr., speaks at Stanford in 1967: "If the race problem in America is to be solved, the white person must treat the Negro right not merely because the law says it, but because it's natural, because it's right, and because the Negro is his brother. And so I realize that if we are to have a truly integrated society, men and women will have to rise to the majestic heights of being obedient to the unenforceable." Photograph courtesy of Stanford University Libraries.
Photograph by David Gonzales. Guests explore the King Institute's exhibit on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life during the open house event.
Photograph by David Gonzales. Stanford University President Jonathan Levin speaks with guests outside of Stanford's Memorial Church.
Photograph by David Gonzales. Panel guests Evan Spiegel; Arndrea Waters King; Marina Limón; Martin Luther King, III; and Dr. Lerone Martin speak at Stanford's Memorial Church during the King Institute's grand opening celebration.
Martin Luther King III speaks to a Stanford University classroom. Photograph by David Gonzales, @GonzalesPhoto.
Visitors explore the King Institute's exhibit that chronicles major events in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life.
King plays pool in Chicago in 1966. Photograph by Bob Fitch, courtesy of the Bob Fitch Photography Archive, Stanford University Libraries.
Attorney general Robert F. Kennedy (left) meets with civil rights leaders including King, Dorothy Height, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, and A. Philip Randolph in the White House's Rose Garden on 22 June 1963. Photograph by Cecil Stoughton, courtesy of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, White House Photographs.
The event invitation reads: "Richland County Foundation presents Kaleidoscope Community Conversations, featuring Dr. Lerone Martin, nationally respected educator and scholar. Dr. Lerone A. Martin is the Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University and a leading national voice on religion, race, and American public life. An award-winning scholar and educator, his work has been featured by NPR, PBS, and The New York Times. Thursday, October 2 at 5:30 p.m., hosted on the Renaissance Stage."
The invitation to the King Institute's October 14th grand opening on the Stanford campus lists featured speakers for the event, including Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Evan Spiegel, Dr. Lerone Martin, and Marina Limón. The event will also feature remarks from School of Humanities and Sciences Dean Debra Satz and Stanford President Jonathan Levin.
The 25 February 2010 photograph shows the interior of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, courtesy of The George F. Landegger Collection of Alabama Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
"We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent co-annihilation. We must move past indecision to action . . . Now let us begin. Now let us rededicate ourselves to the long and bitter, but beautiful, struggle for a new world." --Martin Luther King, Jr., "Beyond Vietnam," 4 April 1967