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"Ebenezer Salutes It's Son Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..", 1964 December 18

 File — OKRA: 641218-006
Identifier: 9.0.0.75

Scope and Contents of the Series

From the Series:

The series consists of records about the Ebenezer Baptist Church’s committees, membership, events, housing projects, history, and related operations. Documents describe the organization and functions of the committees of the Women’s Council as well as youth work, public relations, and worship. There are lists of the church’s trustees, family units, and young people whose parents are not members. A partial draft of a letter to members, fragment from an annual report, and blank pledge cards demonstrate the fundraising efforts for the church. The series also has programs, pamphlets, address lists, drafts for publication, an invitation, and related papers for events held at the church including the Diamond Jubilee, church celebration of King’s Nobel Peace Prize, Men’s Day Observance, Choir concert, 5th Anniversary of the Courtesy Guild, Christmas performance, and a family musical performance. Correspondence, photocopies of architectural drawings by Muldawer & Patterson, affidavits, and official forms detail the multi-family housing project proposed by the church to the Federal Housing Administration in 1967. In addition, there is a 1961 letter about the Butler Street Urban Redevelopment project for multi-families from Housing Authority of Atlanta. Besides these documents, there is a chronological sketch of the church from 1886 to 1960, American Baptist Convention report form, the minutes about the Thanksgiving Fellowship Service planned by area churches, a 1967 telegram of support sent to King while in the Birmingham City Jail, and a few financial records.

Dates

  • Creation: 1964 December 18

Language of Materials

From the Series:

Materials are in English

Physical Description

program, 4pp [2 copies]

Restrictions on Access

Access is restricted to digital surrogates available in the Archives and Special Collections Department of the Robert W. Woodruff Library.

Extent

From the Series: 0.5 Linear feet

Physical Description

program, 4pp [2 copies]

Repository Details

Part of the Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. Repository

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