Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 6: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Organizational Records
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131l
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series is comprised of papers about the administrative, social and programmatic functions of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), including planning documents related to SCLC annual meetings, conferences and staff retreats; SCLC divisions Operation Breadbasket, the Citizen Education Project (CEP), the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and the Summer Community Organization and Political Education Project (SCOPE); projects in Birmingham, Montgomery,...
Dates:
1957-1971
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 12: Printed Materials
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131r
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series consists of magazines, journals, newspapers, pamphlets, brochures, event programs, newsletters, press releases, newspaper clippings and various ephemera, primarily related to Martin Luther King, Jr. and his work as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement (1855-1985, bulk 1966-1968).
Dates:
1966-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General A-D
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131a
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal...
Dates:
1927, 1949-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General E-K
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131b
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional, often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal employment, education, housing, passive resistance, poverty,...
Dates:
1951-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General L-R
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131c
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1950 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal employment, education, housing, passive resistance, poverty,...
Dates:
1950-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.1: Correspondence: General S-Z
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131d
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains correspondence between Martin Luther King, Jr. and various individuals and organizations from 1953 to 1968. There are letters, telegrams, greeting cards, carbon copies, postcards, invitations, and hate mail. The correspondence is primarily professional often accompanied by enclosures, with few personal letters. Among the topics discussed are civil rights, discrimination, SCLC activities, politics, equal...
Dates:
1936-1968
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.3: Correspondence: Condolences and Letters Received After Assassination
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131f
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
The subseries contains letters, cards and telegrams received after the Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The bulk of the material is from April 1968, directly after the Assassination, and is addressed to Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Sr., the King family, Ralph Abernathy and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. A small amount of letters and telegrams are dated from 1968-1969 and relate primarily to Coretta Scott King's speaking and travel schedule. Also included...
Dates:
1968-1969
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Subseries 1.4: Correspondence: Unidentified
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131g
Scope and Contents of the Subseries
This series contains correspondence from unidentified senders received by Martin Luther King, Jr. A significant portion of the letters are hate mail and often contain criticism of the civil rights movement and personal insults. There are also justifications for discrimination and opposition to integration. Some of the letters contain discussions of religion, racism, riots, communism, work ethics, poverty, politics and the Black Power movement. In addition, there are a few items complimenting...
Dates:
1958-1968, undated
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection
Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0199
Content Description
The Joseph Echols and Evelyn Gibson Lowery Collection, circa 1900-2019, 1950-2013 (bulk), consists of correspondence, personal papers, and writings of Joseph E. Lowery and Evelyn G. Lowery; Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) records; SCLC/Women’s Organizational Movement for Equality Now (SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.) records; subject and research files; printed and published material including SCLC Magazines and newspapers; memorabilia; photographs; and audio/video recordings.
Dates:
circa 1900-2019; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2013
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- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence. 5
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- Illinois--Chicago 4
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory. 4
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- Publications 4
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