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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
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Montgomery Improvement Association
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Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
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Nonviolence
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Voter registration
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School integration
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Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
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Little Rock School Crisis, 1957
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MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
515
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
151
MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
108
SCLCR-GAMK, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Records, 1954-1970, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
51
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
27
CSKC-INP, Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
25
MCMLK-RWWL, Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
22
DABCC-INP, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church Collection, In Private Hands
11
ASRC-RWWL, Southern Regional Council Papers, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
8
NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
8
NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Papers, 1909-1955, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
8
CORER-WHi, Congress of Racial Equality Records, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
7
JFKWHCSF-MBJFK, John F. Kennedy Presidential Papers, White House Central Subject Files, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Boston, Mass.
6
NCCR-PPPrHi, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
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WCFG-KAbE, White House Central Files (General File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
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5
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''Chronology Freedom Rides from 'The Freedom Ride' May 1961''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document611101-016
Author
[Zinn, Howard]
Document Date
3/13/1961--11/1/1961
Genre
Ephemera
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
More detail
Author
[Zinn, Howard]
Author Dates
1922-
Document ID
611101-016
Document Date
3/13/1961--11/1/1961
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Document
Status
undecided
Genre
Ephemera
Document Length
3 pp.
Names
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)[United States. Office of the President]
Patterson, John Malcolm [State of Alabama]
Kennedy, Robert F. [United States. Department of Justice]
Farmer, James
Peck, Jim
Connor, Eugene
Seigenthaler, John [United States. Department of Justice]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
White, Byron R. [United States. Department of Justice]
Mann, Floyd [State of Alabama. Department of Public Safety]
Abernathy, Ralph
Nash, Diane
Lewis, John
Barnett, Ross R. [State of Mississippi]
Seay, S. S. (Solomon Snowden)
Walker, Wyatt Tee [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Organizations
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Freedom Riders Coordinating Committee
Nashville Student Movement
United States. Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United States. Office of the President
United States. Department of Justice
State of Alabama. Department of Public Safety
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ku Klux Klan
Places
Washington, D.C.
Richmond, Va.
Danville, Va.
Charlotte, N.C.
Rock Hill, S.C.
Winnsboro, S.C.
Augusta, Ga.
Athens, Ga.
Atlanta, Ga.
Birmingham, Ala.
Anniston, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
New Orleans, La.
Nashville, Tenn.
Chicago, Ill.
New York
LaGrange, Ga.
Rome, Ga.
Memphis, Tenn.
Jackson, Miss.
Topics
Freedom rides
Code for Location of Original
HZP-WHi
Location of Original
Howard Zinn Papers, 1956-1970, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 1, folder 19
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/22/2003 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
8/12/2003 13:17:6
ebrummel
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6/2/2015 9:19:10 AM
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Stock certificate for Adam Daniel (A.D.) Williams
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document180518-000
Author
Calcasieu Drilling Company
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Document Date
5/18/1918
Genre
Legal
Document Type
Form
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
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Author
Calcasieu Drilling Company
Document ID
180518-000
Document Date
5/18/1918
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Form
Status
Cal. 1
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Genre
Legal
Document Length
2 pp.
Names
Williams, Adam Daniel (A. D.)
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Ancestry
Code for Location of Original
CKFC-INP
Location of Original
Christine King Farris Collection, In Private Hands
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/17/1987 12:00:00 AM
Date Updated
2/27/2009 3:33:11 PM
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''The Effects of Conversion''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document480314-001
Author
Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
3/14/1948
Genre
Sermon
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
Sheen, Fulton J. (Fulton John)
Author Dates
1895-1979
Author Affiliation
Catholic University of America
Document ID
480314-001
Document Date
3/14/1948
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal 6
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Sermon
Document Length
8 pp.
Dates
3/7/1948
Names
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint
Organizations
National Broadcasting Company
National Council of Catholic Men
Places
New York, N.Y.
Chicago, Ill.
San Francisco, Calif.
Topics
Catholic Church
Christian Education
Totalitarianism
Salvation
Communism
Other Topics
The Catholic Hour
Code for Location of Original
CSKC-INP
Location of Original
Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sermon Files, folder 238
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/30/1997 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/10/1997
Date Updated
2/10/2010 3:11:43 PM
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''The Committment''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document490300-001
Author
Thurman, Howard
Place Written
San Francisco, Calif.
Document Date
3/1949
Genre
Sermon
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
Thurman, Howard
Author Dates
1900-1981
Document ID
490300-001
Document Date
3/1949
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 6
Place Written
San Francisco, Calif.
Genre
Sermon
Document Length
3 pp.
Published In
The Growing Edge, March 1949.
Names
Sandburg, Carl
Elman, Mischa
Topics
Theology
Code for Location of Original
ABPC-INP
Location of Original
Alton B. Pollard, III Collection, In Private Hands
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/3/2004 12:00:00 AM
Date Updated
6/2/2015 4:25:04 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document541004-000
Author
Pinkston, Harold Edward
Place Written
Richmond, Va.
Document Date
10/4/1954
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Pinkston, Harold Edward
Author Affiliation
Virginia Union University
Document ID
541004-000
Document Date
10/4/1954
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
In Vol. 2
Place Written
Richmond, Va.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
King, Coretta Scott
Moore, Rosetta
Carter, Robert L.
Organizations
Harvard University
Dillard University
Colgate-Rochester
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Places
New Orleans, La.
Rochester, N. Y.
Los Angeles, Calif.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Friends and Associates
Martin Luther King, Jr.--membership in organizations
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 117, folder 50.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/15/1987 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/21/1987
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:22 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document550725-000
Author
Dent, Albert
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Document Date
7/25/1955
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Dent, Albert
Author Affiliation
Dillard University
Document ID
550725-000
Document Date
7/25/1955
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
In Vol. 2
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Career in Ministry
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 117, folder 50
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/20/1987 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/05/1987
Date Updated
9/28/2015 10:19:03 AM
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''Registration of Negro Voters in Alabama in 1954''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560000-135
Author
Pierce, James E.
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala
Document Date
[1956]
Genre
Report
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Pierce, James E.
Author Affiliation
Alabama State Coordinating Association for Registration and Voting
Document ID
560000-135
Document Date
[1956]
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala
Genre
Report
Document Length
18 p.
Dates
1954
1955
Topics
Voter registration
Code for Location of Original
MLKP-MBU
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 93, folder 12
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/4/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/04/1989
Date Updated
4/7/2009 10:37:35 AM
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Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560228-019
Author
Jones, William
Place Written
San Francisco, Calif.
Document Date
2/28/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
More detail
Author
Jones, William
Author Affiliation
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
Document ID
560228-019
Document Date
2/28/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
San Francisco, Calif.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Dexter Avenue Baptist Church]
Organizations
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Support correspondence
Labor Movement
Code for Location of Original
DABCC-INP
Location of Original
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church Collection, In Private Hands
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/8/1995 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
08/10/1995
Date Updated
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Telegram to Franklin Williams
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560308-012
Author
Wilkins, Roy
Document Date
3/8/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
Wilkins, Roy
Author Dates
1901-
Author Affiliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Document ID
560308-012
Document Date
3/8/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 3
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
Williams, Franklin [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
San Francisco, Calif.
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with other organizations
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Code for Location of Original
NAACPP-DLC
Location of Original
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Papers, 1909-1955, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Location of Original - Detail
Group III-A273
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/18/1990 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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''Intention to Carry On Bus Protest in Spite of Official Defiance''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560426-015
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Document Date
[4/26/1956]
Genre
Audio
Document Type
Audio Tape
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
560426-015
Document Date
[4/26/1956]
Document Type
Audio Tape
Status
Not in
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Genre
Audio
Document Length
1 min.
Document Note
1 sound cassette : analog
Places
Little Rock, Ark.
Richmond, Va.
Dallas, Texas
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation in transportation
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Code for Location of Original
MMFR-INP
Location of Original
Montgomery to Memphis Film Research Files, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sync sound 48
Copy Location (1)
MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Filing Info
Box 107
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/5/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/18/1988
Date Updated
6/17/2010 11:59:42 AM
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