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4
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
258
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
105
Support correspondence
79
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78
Montgomery Improvement Association--meetings
67
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63
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Family - Coretta Scott King
57
Montgomery Improvement Association--fund raising
44
Nonviolence
43
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40
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33
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24
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Draft, Our Struggle
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560400-022
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Document Date
[4/1956]
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
560400-022
Document Date
[4/1956]
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Document
Type of Version
Draft
Status
Cal 6
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Genre
Speech
Document Length
10 pp.
Document Note
Draft of 4/1956 Liberation
Names
Faulkner, William
Parks, Rosa
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Wright, Reuben
Organizations
White Citizens Council
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
University of Alabama
Places
Atlanta, Ga.
Mobile, Ala.
Charleston, S.C.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation in transportation
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
City of Montgomery vs. Rosa Parks
Communism
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Ancestry
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Threats/attacks against
Montgomery Improvement Association--Finance
Montgomery Improvement Association--meetings
Other Topics
Life Magazine
Code for Location of Original
CSKC-INP
Location of Original
Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sermon Files, folder 214
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/18/1998 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/24/1998
Date Updated
11/19/2009 3:19:48 PM
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Letter to Herbert Brownell
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560904-003
Author
Graetz, Robert S.
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Document Date
9/4/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
More detail
Author
Graetz, Robert S.
Author Dates
1928-
Author Affiliation
Trinity Lutheran Church
Document ID
560904-003
Document Date
9/4/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
5 pp.
Document Note
Includes 2 p. delivery receipt.
Dates
8/25/1956
7/18/1956
12/5/1955
Names
Brownell, Herbert [United States. Department of Justice]
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)]
Sellers, Clyde
Gayle, W. A.
Pierce, James [Alabama State Teachers College]
Organizations
United States. Department of Justice
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
White Citizens Council
Montgomery Improvement Association
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
Alabama State Teachers College
United States. Supreme Court
Places
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Police - Complaints against
Communism
Code for Location of Original
HJP-GAMK
Location of Original
H.J. Palmer Papers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (1)
RGP-INP, Robert Graetz Papers, In Private Hands
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
4/17/1990 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
04/27/1990
Date Updated
7/31/2015 11:32:09 AM
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Letter to John M. Swomley and Alfred Hassler
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560229-012
Author
Smiley, Glenn E.
Document Date
2/29/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Smiley, Glenn E.
Document ID
560229-012
Document Date
2/29/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 3
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Names
Rustin, Bayard
Gandhi, Mahatma
King, Martin Luther, Jr.[Montgomery Improvement Association]
Hassler, Alfred
Swomley, John M.
DeWolf, L. Harold (Lotan Harold)
Chalmers, Allan Knight
Deats, Paul
Muelder, Walter George
Cooper
Lawrence, Charles
Marge
Helen
Organizations
Boston University
Montgomery Improvement Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Tuskegee, Ala.
Orangeburg, S.C.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Communism
Gandhism
Segregation in transportation
Nonviolence
Montgomery Improvement Association--meetings
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Education
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Threats/attacks against
Code for Location of Original
FORR-PSC-P
Location of Original
Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1943-1973 , Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pa.
Copy Location (1)
BRP-DLC, Bayard Rustin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/8/1990 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
08/13/1990
Date Updated
4/16/2014 3:03:16 PM
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Memo to Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the Army
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560306-012
Author
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
3/6/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar)
Author Dates
1895-1972
Author Affiliation
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Document ID
560306-012
Document Date
3/6/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
3/1/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Mobile, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Communism
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Code for Location of Original
MIAFBI-DJ
Location of Original
Montgomery Improvement Association-FBI Files, Department of Justice
Location of Original - Detail
Bureau File 100-HQ-135-61
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/3/1995 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/06/1995
Date Updated
4/27/2023 5:49:15 PM
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Notes, ''How outsiders can strengthen the Montgomery nonviolent protest''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560307-009
Author
Rustin, Bayard
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Document Date
3/7/1956
Genre
Report
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
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Author
Rustin, Bayard
Author Dates
1912-1987
Document ID
560307-009
Document Date
3/7/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 3
Cal. 8
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Genre
Report
Document Length
2 pp.
Dates
6/1956
7/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Worthy, William
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Chakravarty, Amiya Chandra
Muste, Abraham John
Robinson, James R.
Murray, Pauli
Farmer, James
Head, Wilson
Stenhouse, Richard
King, Martin Luther
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah)
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
United States. White House
Places
New York, N.Y.
Montgomery, Ala.
Chicago, Ill.
Atlanta, Ga.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Communism
Nonviolence
Montgomery Improvement Association--fund raising
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with other organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association--strategic planning
Montgomery Improvement Association--organizational structure
Code for Location of Original
BRP-DLC
Location of Original
Bayard Rustin Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Location of Original - Detail
Digital file 001581-004-0228
Copy Location (1)
BRP-DLC, Bayard Rustin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (2)
DJG-GEU-S, David J. Garrow Collection, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (3)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/15/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/18/1989
12/19/2018 dalai
Date Updated
1/8/2019 12:00:30 PM
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''Our Struggle''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560400-001
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
4/1956
Genre
Article
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
Montgomery Improvement Association
Document ID
560400-001
Document Date
4/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Article
Document Length
4 pp.
Published In
Liberation 1 (April 1956): 3-6.
Names
Faulkner, William
Parks, Rosa
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Lucy, Autherine
Organizations
White Citizens Council
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
University of Alabama
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.
Mobile, Ala.
Charleston, S.C.
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation in transportation
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
City of Montgomery vs. Rosa Parks
Communism
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Ancestry
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Threats/attacks against
Montgomery Improvement Association--Finance
Montgomery Improvement Association--meetings
Other Topics
Life Magazine
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Copy Location (1)
HJP-GAMK, H.J. Palmer Papers, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Copy Location (2)
CSKC-INP, Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Copy Location (3)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Copy Location (4)
SDLC-INP, Stanley D. Levison Collection, In Private Hands
Date Created
3/14/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
03/20/1991
Date Updated
7/12/2018 12:53:02 PM
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''Pro and Con, Alabama's Bus Boycott: What It's All About''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560803-000
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Hall, Grover C.
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
8/3/1956
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Hall, Grover C.
Author Affiliation
Montgomery Improvement Association
Document ID
560803-000
Document Date
8/3/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal 5
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
4 pp.
Published In
U.S. News and World Report, 3 August 1956, pp. 82, 87-89.
Dates
12/1/1955
12/4/1955
12/5/1955
5/17/1954
6/27/1956
Names
Scott, Dred
Noah (Biblical figure)
Aristotle
Gandhi, Mahatma
Cowper, William
Parks, Rosa
Marshall, Thurgood
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Davis, Jefferson
Sellers, Clyde
Folsom, James Elisha
Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward)
Engelhardt, Sam
Hill, Lester
Myrdal, Gunnar
Bryant, William Cullen
Carlyle, Thomas
Lowell, James Russell
Warren, Earl
Williams, G. Mennen
Faulkner, William
White, Walter Francis
Hughes, Langston
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Stowe, Harriet Beecher
Organizations
Montgomery Advertiser
Holt Street Baptist Church
Boston University
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
New York Times
Ebenezer Baptist Church
White Citizens Council
University of Alabama
United States. Supreme Court
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National City Lines
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
San Francisco, Calif.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Afro-American families
Afro-Americans - Religion
Afro-Americans - Economic conditions
Afro-Americans - Civil rights
Communism
Gandhism
Imperialism
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Threats/attacks against
Martin Luther King, Jr.--membership in organizations
Nonviolence
Race relations
Segregation in transportation
United States - Constitutional law
Democratic Convention, 1956
Voter registration
Code for Location of Original
FORR-PSC-P
Location of Original
Fellowship of Reconciliation Records, 1943-1973 , Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Swarthmore, Pa.
Copy Location (1)
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Filing Info
Box 3, folder 62
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/15/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
2/22/2010
2/22/2010 szwald
Date Updated
6/2/2015 9:18:52 AM
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''Report on Montgomery, Alabama''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560321-002
Author
Rustin, Bayard
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
3/21/1956
Genre
Pamphlet
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
Rustin, Bayard
Author Dates
1912-1987
Author Affiliation
War Resisters League
Document ID
560321-002
Document Date
3/21/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Pamphlet
Document Length
4 pp.
Dates
3/19/1956
3/9/1956
Names
Jack, Homer Alexander
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Finch, Henry Le Roy [War Resisters League]
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
White Citizens Council
University of Alabama
American Assocation of University professors
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Communism
Gandhism
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with other organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association--publicity
Code for Location of Original
ACLUC-NjP-SC
Location of Original
American Civil Liberties Union Collection, 1955-1968, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/28/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/29/1988
Date Updated
5/26/2015 1:05:07 PM
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Statement of purpose
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560413-003
Author
Committee for Nonviolent Integration
Document Date
[4/13/1956]
Genre
Report
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Committee for Nonviolent Integration
Document ID
560413-003
Document Date
[4/13/1956]
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 3
Genre
Report
Document Length
2 pp.
Document Note
Enclosure in 560413-007
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Nixon, E. D. (Edgar Daniel) [Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids]
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
New York, N.Y.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Communism
Nonviolence
Montgomery Improvement Association -- relations with other organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association -- fundraising
Other Topics
Give Me That Old Time Religion
Code for Location of Original
BEMP-DHU-MS
Location of Original
Benjamin E. Mays Papers, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (1)
NTC-NN, Norman Thomas Collection, New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/3/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
06/07/1991
Date Updated
5/26/2015 11:24:20 AM
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''The 'New Negro' of the South: Behind the Montgomery Story,'' Address at NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund annual dinner on 5/17/1956
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560600-000
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
6/1956
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
560600-000
Document Date
6/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
4 pp.
Published In
Socialist Call 24 (June 1956): 16-19.
Dates
5/17/1951
Names
Scott, Dred
Cowper, William
Watts, Isaac
Gandhi, Mahatma
Lincoln, Abraham
Jefferson, Thomas
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United States. Supreme Court
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Africa
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Race relations
Slavery
Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Nonviolence
Communism
Psychology
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Other Topics
The Peril of Superficial Optimism in the Area of Race Relations
A Realistic Look at Race Relations
Amos 5:24
Declaration of Independence
Code for Location of Original
MLKJP-GAMK
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 107
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/12/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/17/1988
Date Updated
10/14/2015 4:33:43 PM
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