Monday marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For some, it's a day-off, and for others it's a day of service and a chance to volunteer in their communities. During the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to Philadelphia during the civil rights movement. And now, various film footage of his time here can be seen on a new online database called Civil Rights in a Northern City. The site, run by Temple University, contains more than 1500 digitized primary source materials pertaining to Philadelphia's modern civil rights movement. The site is geared towards scholars, high school and college students. But organizers see the database as a new way for the general public to tap into the city's civil rights history. Read more at:
http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/32688
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