Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park

Civil Rights Attorney Fred D. Gray was born on this day December 14, 1930 in Montgomery, Alabama.

We're excited to announce our National Park Service family grew a little larger today. Please join us in welcoming the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Mon...ument in Jackson, Mississippi to the family as the 423rd unit of the National Park System. The new monument commemorates the legacies of two civil rights activists who, from their modest, 3-bedroom ranch home, devoted their lives to ending racial injustice and improving the quality of life for African Americans. The monument was authorized by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, signed by President Trump on March 12, 2019. Details at: http://ow.ly/ahzi50CIhe2

We congratulate our Superintendent Ms. Judy Forte for her dedication, service, superb leadership and her phenomenal achievements. Sup. Forte was recognize by the National Park Service for her outstanding support to the National Park Service Historically Black Colleges and University Internship Program and Trailblazer Award Recipient given by the Greening Youth Foundation. #CONGRATULATIONSONYOUROUSTANDINGACHIEVEMENTS2020

Following guidance from the CDC and recommendations from D.C. Public Health in consultation with NPS Public Health Service officers, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park is temporarily closing its facilities effective March 17, 2020, until further notice. Please check our website at www.nps.gov/malu for updates on our operations. https://www.nps.gov/aboutus/news/public-health-update.htm

Honoring our Veterans. #WESALUTEOURVETERANS

Dr. King never cease to amaze us.

Native Americans History and Culture. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth,

Ellen Hope Hays broke a multitude of seemingly insurmountable barriers when she, on July 9th, 1974, became the first Alaska Native woman to become a National Park Superintendent (Sitka National Historical Park). In all, she was the third woman ever to become the Superintendent of a National Park.[3] Once again she would break barriers, for after four years as Superintendent of Sitka National Historical Park, she became the first Native Alaskan Liason Officer in Anchorage, Alaska. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, #100thAnniversaryofthe19thAmendmentoftheUSConstitutionandWomensuffrage

Welcome to Xunaa Shuká Hít Huna Ancestors' Hous. #IndigenousHeritageMonth, #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

MESSAGE FROM CORETTA SCOTT KING. "THIS GARDEM SYMBOLIZES THE BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT OF THE NONVIOLENT PATH ADVOCATED... BY DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THIS IS THE WAY OF TRUTH BEAUTY AND UNIVERSAL LOVE." This message from Coretta Scott King was permanently placed in our I Have A Dream World Peace Rose Garden on a plaque in 1992. #InspirationalMessageofPeace #MLKJrIHaveADreamWorldPeaceRoseGarden

November celebrates American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

GROWING WITH HATE Fertilized with hate, there is no debate. Shameful, you don't even know me. But society has helped to grow me. In the face of hate, I choose my own fate. Love, peace, and faith.... This Inspirational Message of Peace, is one of the winning message/poem in our Martin Luther King Jr. I Have A Dream World Peace Rose Garden. #InspirationalMessageofPeace #MLKJrIHaveADreamWorldPeaceRoseGarden.

#HISTORYISSOIMPORTANT

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth People with marginalized identities were often excluded from the women’s suffrage movement. After the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920, women of color were often kept from the polls. African American women faced racial discrimination and were discouraged from voting through intimidation and fear. Native American women were not considered US citizens until 1924. Other women could vote after 1920, yet Native American women had to wait another f...our years until granted citizenship. Women living in the US territories faced similar challenges. The people of American Samoa, for example, cannot take part in national elections due to their status. Those born in American Samoa are considered US nationals, not citizens. As a result, they do not share the same suffrage rights as people born in the continental US. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. Public domain. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

November is NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Necessary and Good

Ruby Dee an African American actress, playwriter, poet, journalist and civil rights activist was born on this day October 27, 1922. Dee helped to break thought the racial barriers on and off the television screen as an active civil rights advocate and supporter. #100thAnniversaryofthe19thAmendmentoftheUSConstitutionandWomensuffrage

Mahalia Jackson known as the "Queen of Gospel" was born on this day October 26, 1911. Mahalia not only was great gospel singer icon in United States, but also International figure who was loved by both black and white audiences. Mahalia was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall, sang for President Dwight Eisenhower, and performed at President John F. Kennedy's inaugural ball in 1961. Mahalia was an civil rights activist, she sang at the March on Washington at the request of her friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1963, and at his funeral in 1968. She retired from music in 1971, and died in Chicago a year later. More than 50,000 attended her funeral. #100thanniversaryofthe19thAmendmentoftheUSConstitutionandWomensuffrage

Barbara Charline Jordan was an American lawyer, educator, scholar and congresswoman who was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Jordan was the first African American woman elected to the Texas Senate. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas in 1972, Barbara Jordan became the first African-American congresswoman to be elected, and re-elected, from the deep South. In July of 1976, she became the first African American and the first woman to deliver a keynote address to a Democratic National Convention. She returned as a keynote speaker at the National Democratic Convention of 1992. Even in death Jordan broke the barriers as the first African-American Woman to be interred in the Texas State Cemetery among the governors, senators and congressmen. #100thanniversaryofthe19thAmendmentoftheUSConstitutionandWomensuffrage