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MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
22
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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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''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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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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''In the Cause of Peace and Freedom,'' Address before the Automobile Manufacturers Association on 12/6/1956
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document561206-017
Author
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
12/6/1956
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Author Dates
1913-1994
Author Affiliation
United States. Office of the Vice President
Document ID
561206-017
Document Date
12/6/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 4
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
15 pp.
Published In
Washington 25, D.C.: Department of State, Public Services Division, Series S-No. 55
Names
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Dulles, John Foster
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
United Nations
Kremlin (Moscow, Russia)
Places
New York, N.Y.
Topics
Communism
International Cooperation
World Politics
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
Vault Box 2, Folder 2, box 18, folder 24
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
4/22/1997 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
04/23/1997
Date Updated
12/3/2009 3:42:51 PM
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''This is a Great Time to be Alive,'' Address delivered in acceptance of the Social Justice Award of the Religion and Labor Foundation, Inc.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570424-005
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[New York, N.Y.]
Document Date
[4/24/1957]
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Audio Tape
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
570424-005
Document Date
[4/24/1957]
Document Type
Audio Tape
Status
Cal. 4
Place Written
[New York, N.Y.]
Genre
Speech
Document Length
21 min.
Document Note
1 sound cassette: analog
Published In
John Milton Talking Book Magazine, July 1957
Dates
5/17/1954
Organizations
Ku Klux Klan
United States. Supreme Court
Topics
Communism
Nonviolence
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Honors
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896
Other Topics
At the Threshold of Integration
Code for Location of Original
JMSBR-NNJM
Location of Original
John Milton Society for the Blind Records, John Milton Society for the Blind, New York, N.Y.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
11/5/1990 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
04/01/1991
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:31:56 PM
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Letter to Charles E. (Charles Ernest) Chamberlain
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570501-000
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Document Date
5/1/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
[Montgomery Improvement Association]
Document ID
570501-000
Document Date
5/1/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
In Vol. 4
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Dates
3/12/1957
Names
Chamberlain, Charles E. (Charles Ernest) [United States. Congress. House of Representatives]
Organizations
United States. Congress. House of Representatives
United States. Supreme Court
Places
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Political and Social views
Support correspondence
Communism
United States - Constitutional law
Other Topics
Powell Amendment
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 22 folder 16
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
03/02/1989
Date Updated
8/19/2009 4:15:40 PM
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Give Us the Ballot, Address at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570517-019
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
5/17/1957
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
570517-019
Document Date
5/17/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Status
Not in
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
6 pp.
Dates
5/17/1954
Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Carlyle, Thomas
Bryant, William Cullen
Lowell, James Russell
Jesus Christ
Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United States. Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Places
Philadelphia, Pa.
New York, N.Y.
Detroit, Mich.
Chicago, Ill.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Voter registration
Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Segregation--law and legislation
Communism
Agape
equality
Faith
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Other Topics
Micah 6:8
Matthew 5:44
Matthew 26:52
Job 38:7
Code for Location of Original
MiDUAW
Location of Original
UAW Research Library, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, Mich.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
4/28/2004 12:00:00 AM
Date Updated
6/17/2010 1:41:32 PM
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Letter to James L. Hicks
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570604-000
Author
Kilgore, Thomas
Rustin, Bayard
Baker, Ella
Document Date
6/4/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Kilgore, Thomas
Rustin, Bayard
Baker, Ella
Author Dates
1913-1998
Author Affiliation
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (1957 : Washington, D.C.)
Document ID
570604-000
Document Date
6/4/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 4
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Document Note
Enclosed in 570606-000.
Dates
3/26/1957
2/13/1957
4/5/1957
5/17/1954
5/19/1957
5/17/1957
5/10/1957
Names
Hicks, James L. [Amerstam News]
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Randolph, A. Philip
Wilkins, Roy
Organizations
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Amerstam News
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United States. Supreme Court
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids
Places
New York, N.Y.
San Francisco, Calif.
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Communism
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 116 folder 37
Copy Location (1)
NAACPP-DLC, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Filing Info
Group 3-A5
Date Created
11/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
08/16/1991
Date Updated
4/7/2009 12:41:45 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570624-000
Author
Gunther, John
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
6/24/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Gunther, John
Author Dates
1901-1970
Document ID
570624-000
Document Date
6/24/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal. 4
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Huddleston, Trevor
Organizations
American Committee on Africa
United Nations
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Africa
Ghana
South Africa
Topics
Apartheid--South Africa
Afro-Americans--Relations with Africans
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 13A, folder 26
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/13/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/19/1989
Date Updated
1/21/2009 11:08:13 AM
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Draft, ''Declaration of Conscience''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document571210-002
Author
[International Sponsoring Committee]
Document Date
[12/10/1957]
Genre
Manifesto
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
[International Sponsoring Committee]
Document ID
571210-002
Document Date
[12/10/1957]
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Type of Version
Draft
Status
Cal. 4
Genre
Manifesto
Document Length
1 p.
Organizations
United Nations
Places
South Africa
Topics
World Politics
Apartheid--South Africa
Other Topics
Declaration of Human Rights
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 19, folder 6
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/30/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/01/1989
Date Updated
11/29/2010 5:29:50 PM
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