All are welcome to a special one-display of highlights of Beinecke Library collections related to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to the African American freedom movement on view for the holiday in the courtyard level reading room. You will be able to see an array of materials, many drawn from the library’s James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of African American Arts and Letters, that highlight Dr. King’s life, legacy, and impact, and the long civil rights movement in the United States. The display will also include materials about Black New Haven history.

While these materials will be on one-day display for this special holiday, they are regularly available for research in the reading room. If you are interested in doing research in Beinecke and other Yale Library special collections, library staff are available to guide you through the process. You do not have to be affiliated with Yale to do research.

Full schedule of MLK-related events on campus during January: https://mlk.yale.edu/

Kindly note:
* Mobile phones and hand held cameras are permitted in the library, including the reading room, and non-flash photography is welcome.
* Food and beverage are not permitted in the library.
* Per regular practice, all who go to the reading room will need to check any and all bags, coats, and other personal belongings in secure lockers on the library’s ground floor before going to the reading room.
* Pens may not be used in the reading room, pencils are available for your use.
* Space may be limited.
* Last entry will be at 3:30pm.