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Atlanta Community Relations Commission collection
Collection — Box: 1-2
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0012
Scope and contents
This collection consists of records generated by Eliza Paschall and the Atlanta Community Relations Commission during her year as Executive Director of the ACRC. The bulk of the collection is research materials gathered by Paschall and the ACRA to support their work in the community. The files contain reports and statistics that document such things as employment discrimination, police action in the Dixie Hills Riots, and desegregation efforts in the public schools. Of special interest are the...
Dates:
1960-1968; Majority of material found within 1967-1968
Benjamin E. Mays papers
Collection — Box: 1-69
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0100
Scope and contents
The Benjamin E. Mays papers include files from his work at the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education. There are also materials related to his presidency at Morehouse, writings by Mays and others, organizational records and financial materials. There are a few photographs, including several of Dr. Mays with former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalyn Carter.Of note in the collection are newsclippings and files related to desegregation. These files include...
Dates:
1931-1984
Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection: Series 3: Writings By Others
Series
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0131j
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The series is comprised of manuscripts and published works (circa 1946-1969) written by persons, or produced by groups, other than Martin Luther King, Jr., including members of the King family, SCLC staff, and other groups and leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, as well as literary figures. Content of the documents encompasses issues central to the Civil Rights Movement in the United States; Gandhian philosophy and nonviolence; organized labor in the United States; Christian ethics and...
Dates:
1946-1969
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 1.4: 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
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