Explore these great works related to this year’s MLK week theme: “Where Do We Go From Here” compiled by Librarian Allyson Mower. Be sure to check out the library’s MLK Week event “Moving Forward by Learning From Our Past: An Exhibition & Talk with the Utah Black History Museum” on Tuesday, January 16^th at 11 am in the Gould Auditorium.

Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
By Martin Luther King, Jr.

This book, the last one Dr. King wrote, starts with ‘Where Are We?” and what a salient place to begin when it comes to considering new and different directions. The book covers wide-ranging topics from dilemmas to backlash to common humanity, but ends by highlighting essential programs and prospects: education, employment, rights, and housing.

Selma (film)
By Ava Duvernay

The courageous (and terrifying) history of the voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.

Standpoints: A Black Feminist Podcast
By Andrea Baldwin (U of U) and Jenaya Amore

King: A Life
By Jonathan Eig

Published in May 2023 and longlisted for the National Book Award, this monograph provides a comprehensive story of Dr. King’s life. It is also slated to become a film directed by Chris Rock and produced by Steven Spielberg.

Dear Martin
By Nic Stone

YA novel about 17-year-old Justyce McAllister who grapples with contemporary injustices such as racial profiling, police brutality, and racism by writing letters to his imagined version of Martin Luther King, Jr.