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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

Morehouse College Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0080
Scope and Contents

This collection contains approximately 103 photographs dating from 1880s to 1970s. The photographs depict the buildings and grounds, students, campus events and visitors, faculty, and individuals associated with Morehouse College. The images showcase aspects of the history of Morehouse College as the largest all-male historically Black college in the United States.

Dates: 1885-1978

Morehouse College Vertical Files

 Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-00141
Scope and contents

The Morehouse College Vertical Files include Commencement programs, Founder’s Day programs, Publications, News Releases, News Articles, Brochures, Alumni Association Materials, Athletics, Academic Departments, various organizations, Homecoming, Honors Day, Campus Buildings, Reports, and other Academic materials.

Dates: 1883 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980

A. Walter Parks collection

 Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0095
Scope and contents This small collection provides documentation about some of the organizations with which Mr. Parks was affiliated and reveals some insight into African American community life in Atlanta during the period 1925-1973. The collection includes reports, programs, minutes, by-laws, funeral programs, news articles, and newsletters. There are small amounts materials about the Ashby Grove and Camilla Street Community Club, the Lincoln Golf and Country Club, and the Shoe Service Men of Georgia. The...
Dates: 1925-1973

William G. Pickens papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0134
Scope and Contents The William G. Pickens Collection spans the years between 1976 and 2010. This small collection provides a glimpse into some of Dr. Pickens contributions to the field of English. Included are programs of annual events and workshops, photographs, audio cassettes and scrapbooks. Of particular note are photographs and scrapbooks documenting the Mirror Grant Project at Morehouse College and a news article depicting Dr. Pickens and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s experience working tobacco farms in...
Dates: 1976-2010

David Roberts oral history collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0053
Scope and Contents The David Roberts oral history collection was created by Roberts, an Atlanta University student, in the summer of 1973. The interviews were for a history seminar taught by Dr.Clarence Bacote (HIS 406: Introductory Graduate Course in United States History). Roberts interviewed members of Atlanta’s African-American community who were born in the late 19th century. Most of the subjects were Georgia natives and a few were graduates of Atlanta University Center schools. He asked them to discuss...
Dates: 1973

Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History project

 Collection
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0167
Scope and contents

The Spelman Independent Scholars Oral History Collection consists of interviews Young Scholars conducted with African American Women of Wisdom. The collection includes the images, interviews transcripts, audio, and video compiled by students during the two-semester long course.

Dates: 2003-2016

The American Business Women’s Association: The Golden Dome Chapter Records

 Collection — Box: 1-3
Identifier: 0000-0000-0000-0269
Scope and contents The report series consists of report booklets that detail meeting agendas and minutes, financial statements, features in newspapers and newsletters such as Connect, The Atlanta Voice, and A Women in Business Chapter Newsletter. Of particular note, are notable influential guest speakers at each meeting, event flyers, organization rules, calendars, job calls, career tips, resume examples, educational scholarship applications, Chapter Award nomination applications, and various poems written by...
Dates: 1983-1995

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Robert W. Woodruff Library of the Atlanta University Center, Inc. 34
AUC Institutional Records 4
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African Americans--Georgia--Atlanta 31
African Americans--Education 17
African Americans--Religion 17
African Americans--Civil rights 10
African Americans--Social conditions 9
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Georgia--Atlanta 8
Race relations 8
African American Baptists 7
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African American scholars 6
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African Americans -- Housing 6
Communism--United States. 6
Vietnam War (1961-1975) 6
African American educators 5
African American student movements 5
African American women 5
Crime 5
Georgia 5
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence. 5
Labor 5
Poor People’s Campaign. 5
African American press 4
Ephemera 4
Illinois--Chicago 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Oratory. 4
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Public appearances. 4
Passive resistance. 4
Publications 4
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Riots. 4
Slums. 4
Voter registration 4
Women--Societies and clubs 4
African American clergy 3
Alabama -- Birmingham 3
Alabama--Montgomery 3
Apartheid 3
Education--Religion 3
African American Muslims 2
African American arts 2
African American authors 2
African American business enterprises 2
African American civic leaders 2
Christianity 2
Community development 2
Georgia -- Albany 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Death and burial. 2
Methodist Church 2
School integration 2
Theological seminaries 2
Theology 2
Africa 1
African American Presbyterians 1
African American architects 1
African American athletes 1
African American mayors 1
African American newspapers 1
African American periodicals 1
African American pioneers 1
African American sociologists 1
African American soldiers 1
African American students 1
African Americans--Music 1
African Methodist Episcopal Church 1
Alabama 1
Alabama -- Selma 1
Associations, institutions, etc. 1
Atlanta Public Schools 1
Black and African American Studies 1
Florida -- Tallahassee 1
French language 1
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948--Philosophy. 1
Greek letter societies 1
Hate mail. 1
Hunger--United States. 1
India 1
Israel 1
Judaism--United States. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Religion. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Philosophy. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Political and social views. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Religion. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. I have a dream. 1
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Letter from Birmingham Jail. 1
Louisiana 1
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 1
Massachusetts -- Boston 1
Mississippi 1
New York (State)--New York 1
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Nobel prize winners. 1
Nonviolence. 1
Nuclear energy. 1
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Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 13
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.) 8
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 7
Southern Christian Leadership Conference 7
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 6
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) 6
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah), 1894-1984 5
McDonald, Dora E., 1925-2007 5
Congress of Racial Equality 4
Rustin, Bayard, 1912-1987 4
Southern Regional Council 4
United States. Congress. House 4
United States. Congress. Senate 4
AFL-CIO 3
Abernathy, Ralph 3
American Friends Service Committee 3
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 3
Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam (U.S.) 3
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.) 3
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
Eskridge, Chauncey, 1917-1988 3
Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) 3
Interdenominational Theological Center (Atlanta, Ga.) 3
National Urban League 3
Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr., 1908-1972 3
Southern Conference Educational Fund 3
Wachtel, Harry H., 1917-1997 3
Adult Education Council of Greater Chicago 2
Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975 2
Belafonte, Harry, 1927- 2
Bevel, James L. (James Luther), 1936-2008 2
Citizens’ Crusade Against Poverty 2
Clark Atlanta University 2
Clark College 2
Clark, Septima Poinsette, 1898-1987 2
Cotton, Dorothy Foreman, 1930- 2
Elijah Muhammad, 1897-1975 2
Farris, Christine King 2
Gloster, Hugh M. (Hugh Morris), 1911-2002 2
Haley, Alex 2
Harper & Row Publishers 2
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.) 2
Hilliard, Asa G., III 2
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB. (Nicholas deBellville), 1922- 2
King, A. D., 1930-1969 2
King, Martin Luther, Sr., 1899-1984 2
Levison, Stanley D., 1912-1979 2
Lincoln, C. Eric (Charles Eric), 1924-2000 2
Lowery, Joseph E. 2
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (U.S.) 2
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America 2
Parks, Andrew Walter 2
Randolph, A. Philip (Asa Philip), 1889-1979 2
Rutherford, William 2
S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket 2
Smith, Lillian (Lillian Eugenia), 1897-1966 2
Taylor, Gardner C. 2
United States. Office of Economic Opportunity 2
United States. Office of the Vice President 2
Walker, Wyatt Tee 2
Wofford, Harris 2
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 2
Young, Andrew, 1932- 2
A. Philip Randolph Institute 1
Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943- 1
Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000 1
Alexander, Clifford L., 1933- 1
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 1
Allen, Ivan, 1911-2003 1
Allen, Steve, 1921-2000 1
American Civil Liberties Union 1
American Negro Leadership Conference on Africa 1
Amos, Miles G., 1898-1995 1
Ashman, Richard 1
Atlanta Community Relations Commission 1
Baez, Joan 1
Banta, Lucille 1
Baptist Convention for the State of Georgia 1
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014 1
Bell, Colin W., 1903-1988 1
Ben-Gurion, David, 1886-1973 1
Blackwell, Randolph T., 1927-1981 1
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 1
Boone, Richard W. (Richard Wolf), 1927-2014 1
Booth, L. Venchael, 1919- 1
Borders, William Holmes, 1905-1993 1
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 1
Boyte, Harry G., 1911-1977 1
Braden, Anne, 1924-2006 1
Braden, Carl, 1914-1975 1
Brazeal, Brailsford R. 1
Brest, Archie 1
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 1
Capp, Al, 1909-1979 1
Carmichael, Stokely, 1941-1998 1
Carter, Leona Florence, 1887- 1
Chalmers, Allan Knight, 1897- 1
Chautauqua Circle 1
Chicago Urban League 1
Clark, Isaac R. 1
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Language
French 5
German 5
Spanish; Castilian 2
Czech 1
Italian 1