[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 150 (Wednesday, December 10, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1775-E1776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      HONORING THE KING INSTITUTE

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2014

  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleagues, 
Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congressman George Miller, Congresswoman Anna 
Eshoo, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, Congressman Mike Honda, Congresswoman 
Jackie Speier and Congressman Eric Swalwell, to recognize the Martin 
Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute (King Institute) 
located at Stanford University. Led by Stanford University historian 
Dr. Clayborne Carson, the King Institute is preserving and promoting 
the legacy and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
  Before the King Institute was officially founded in 2005, Coretta 
Scott King approached Dr. Clayborne Carson in 1985 to become the 
director of the King Papers Project. This Project was established as a 
long term effort to publish Dr. King's sermons, speeches, 
correspondence, writings and other materials.
  The King Institute is the largest online archive of Dr. King's 
writings that were previously inaccessible, including the Martin Luther 
King Jr. Encyclopedia, which was published in 2008.
  The King Papers Project plans to release 14 volumes of The Papers of 
Martin Luther King, Jr. by 2027. The first volume was published in 1992 
and they have subsequently released six more. This Project is one of 
the few documentary archiving projects in the nation that focuses on 
the life of an African American leader.
  Moreover, the King Institute prepares and provides educators with the 
Liberation Curriculum, a document-based set of lesson plans and online 
educational resources emphasizing the modem African American freedom 
struggle using nonviolence as the means to achieve positive social 
change and justice in the United States and other movements globally.
  Additionally, the King Institute's Global Outreach program introduces 
Dr. King's work to a variety of countries, including China and India. 
By holding public events and by emphasizing the visionary ideas of Dr. 
King on a global

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scale, these programs increase awareness of Dr. King's thoughts and 
life's work.
  We are proud that the King Institute resides in such a prestigious 
academic institution. The Institute is a vital part of our national 
discourse, inspiring future generations to build upon Dr. Martin Luther 
King Jr.'s legacy to achieve equality for all.
  Therefore, on behalf of the residents of the Bay Area, we recognize 
the King Institute's work to preserve the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther 
King Jr. We wish the King Institute and Dr. Clayborne Carson the best 
as they continue to promote Dr. King's beliefs of social justice and 
racial equality.

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