Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 1.4: 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
Lemoine DeLeaver Pierce papers
Collection — Box 1-64
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0082
Scope and contents
This collection of personal papers provides insight about Lemoine A. DeLeaver Pierce, Professor of Legal Studies and cultural historian. Pierce is a teacher whose commitment to life long learning stems from a continuing need to supplement her formal education, and a long standing family commitment to education. Professor Pierce has taught at: Kennesaw State University, the Keller Graduate School of Management, Morris Brown College, Clark Atlanta University, and the J. Mack Robinson...
Dates:
1928-2007; Majority of material found within 1951 - 2002
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- African American student movements 3
- African Americans -- Economic conditions 3
- African Americans -- Housing 3
- African Americans -- Politics and government 3
- African Americans -- Segregation 3
- African Americans--Civil rights 3
- African Americans--Education 3
- African Americans--Religion 3
- Black power 3
- Communism--United States. 3
- Crime 3
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence. 3
- Poor People’s Campaign. 3
- Race discrimination 3
- Race relations 3
- Vietnam War (1961-1975) 3
- African American press 2
- African Americans--Social conditions 2
- Georgia--Atlanta 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory. 2
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Public appearances. 2
- Labor 2
- Nobel Prizes 2
- Passive resistance. 2
- Publications 2
- Riots. 2
- Slums. 2
- Voter registration 2
- African American Baptists 1
- African American women 1
- African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta 1
- Apartheid 1
- Conflict management -- Study and Teaching 1
- Dispute Resolution (Law) 1
- Ephemera 1
- Hate mail. 1
- Illinois--Chicago 1
- Law -- Study and Teaching 1
- Manners and customs 1
- New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem 1
- Records and correspondence 1
- Virginia -- Loudoun County 1 + ∧ less
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