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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: 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 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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Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966 2
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A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 1
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 1
Citizens’ Crusade Against Poverty 1
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 1
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) 1
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Eskridge, Chauncey, 1917-1988 1
Farris, Christine King 1
Gregory, Dick 1
Haley, Alex 1
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 1
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 1
Jackson, Mahalia, 1911-1972 1
King, A. D., 1930-1969 1
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984 1
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 1
McDonald, Dora E., 1925-2007 1
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party 1
National Baptist Convention of America 1
National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing 1
Negotiation Now! (Organization) 1
Nobelstiftelsen 1
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972 1
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 1
S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket 1
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Taylor, Gardner C. 1
Union Theological Seminary in Virginia 1
United Federation of Teachers 1
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United Negro College Fund 1
United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. 1
United States. Civil Rights Act of 1964 1
United States. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development 1
United States. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders 1
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity 1
United States. Office of the Vice President 1
United States. President 1
Urban Coalition 1
Wachtel, Harry H., 1917-1997 1
Walker, Wyatt Tee 1
Wheeler, John H (John Hervey) 1
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