We are taking a break from the middle ages (and the snow!) to look at the life and death of Martin Luther King, Jr. today.  Nothing major, just reading a couple of books and listening to the "I have a dream" speech on www.youtube.com.

Here are the books we are reading, in case you want to check them out.  (I know I should have posted them sooner so you would have had time to get them from the library, but hey, you can always read them, you don't to wait until the federal holiday).

And if you are interested in listening to the speech, here's the You Tube video (tip:  if you have young kids and just want to hear the "I have a dream" part of the speech, it begins at about minute 12):