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181
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79
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36
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document561025-000
Author
Rabb, Maxwell M.
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
10/25/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Rabb, Maxwell M.
Author Dates
1910-2002
Author Affiliation
United States. White House
Document ID
561025-000
Document Date
10/25/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Eisenhower, Dwight D (Dwight David)
Organizations
United States. Dept. of Justice
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
San Francisco, Calif.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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 64, folder 23
Copy Location (1)
WCFG-KAbE, White House Central Files (General File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
11/3/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/27/1989
Date Updated
9/2/2015 9:27:51 AM
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Letter to Warren Olney
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document561204-012
Author
Mitchell, Clarence
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
12/4/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
More detail
Author
Mitchell, Clarence
Author Affiliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Document ID
561204-012
Document Date
12/4/1956
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
3 pp.
Dates
10/23/1956
11/3/1956
10/13/1956-10/27/1956
Names
Olney, Warren [United States. Dept. of Justice]
O'Donnell, Joseph
LeFlore, J. L.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Williams, Sam
McLean, Charles A.
Evers, Medgar Wiley
Organizations
United States. Dept. of Justice
Southern Railway Train Company
Places
Mississippi
Alabama
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Atlanta, Ga.
Mobile, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
New Orleans, La.
Jackson, Miss.
Lawton, Okla.
Fort Bill, Okla.
Birmingham, Ala.
Topics
Segregation in transportation
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Segregation--law and legislation
Code for Location of Original
WCFG-KAbE
Location of Original
White House Central Files (General File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/23/1995 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
07/03/1995
Date Updated
1/20/2009 2:50:41 PM
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''Remember Who You Are!'' Sermon at Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel, Howard University on 12/6/1956
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document561206-015
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
12/6/1956
Genre
Sermon
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
Document ID
561206-015
Document Date
12/6/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 6
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Sermon
Document Length
12 pp.
Names
Shakespeare, William
Hill, Daniel G.
Goodspeed, Edgar Johnson
Moffatt, James
Plato
Jesus Christ
Michelangelo Buonarroti
Beethoven, Ludwig van
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Organizations
Howard University
Grand Central Station
Places
New York, N.Y.
Atlanta, Ga.
Montgomery, Ala.
Jerusalem, Israel
Topics
Marxism
Parables
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Other Topics
Hamlet
Moral man and Immoral Society
Psalm 8:5-6
Matthew 4:4
Romans 7:19
Isaiah 53:6
Luke 15:11-24
Code for Location of Original
CSKC-INP
Location of Original
Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sermon Files, folder 56
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/3/1997 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
03/03/1997
Date Updated
12/3/2009 3:42:31 PM
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Facing the Challenge of a New Age, Address delivered at National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Emancipation Day rally
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570101-005
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Document Date
1/1/1957
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Audio Tape
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
570101-005
Document Date
1/1/1957
Document Type
Audio Tape
Status
In Vol. 4
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
70.1 min.
Document Note
1 sound cassette: analog
Dates
5/17/1954
Names
Williams, Samuel W.
Heraclitus, of Ephesus
Hegel, George Wilhelm Friedrich
Scott, Dred
Cowper, William
Watts, Isaac
Hope, Bob
Donne, John
Malloch, Douglas
Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah) [Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)]
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph
Jesus Christ
Shakespeare, William
Eastland, James O. (James Oliver)
Carlyle, Thomas
Lowell, James Russell
Bryant, William Cullen
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Calhoun, John H.
Hurley, Ruby
Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert)
Clark, Kenneth Bancroft
Organizations
WERD (Radio station: Atlanta, Ga.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
United States. Supreme Court
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Delta Sigma Theta
Omega Psi Phi
Alpha Phi Alpha
United Negro College Fund
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Jackson, Miss.
Birmingham, Ala.
Washington, D.C.
Detroit, Mich.
Baltimore, Md.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Emancipation Proclamation
Slavery
Discrimination
Plessy vs Ferguson, 1896
Segregation--law and legislation
Nonviolence
Good and Evil
Agape
Afro-American Education
political participation
Civil rights
Other Topics
The Negro's Complaint
False Greatness
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions
John 18:11
Matthew 5:44-45
Sonnet CXVI
The French Revolution
The Battlefield
The Present Crisis
A Great Meeting in the Promised Land
Wanted
Oh, Freedom
Isaiah 2:4
Code for Location of Original
PHBC-INP
Location of Original
Paul H. Brown Collection, In Private Hands
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
4/16/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Updated
12/7/2015 4:14:45 PM
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Letter to Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570110-027
Author
Folsom, James Elisha
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Document Date
1/10/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Folsom, James Elisha
Author Dates
1908-1987
Author Affiliation
Alabama. Office of the Governor
Document ID
570110-027
Document Date
1/10/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal. 4
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
United States. Dept. of Justice
United States. White House
Places
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Governmental investigations
Code for Location of Original
WCFO-KAbE
Location of Original
White House Central Files (Official File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Location of Original - Detail
OF 142-A
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
11/23/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/24/1992
Date Updated
1/20/2009 2:51:12 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570111-028
Author
Rabb, Maxwell M.
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
1/11/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Rabb, Maxwell M.
Author Dates
1910-
Author Affiliation
United States. White House
Document ID
570111-028
Document Date
1/11/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
In Vol. 4
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
1/8/1957
1/10/1957
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
United States. Dept. of Justice
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Southern Leaders Conference
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Atlanta, Ga.
Topics
Governmental investigations
Code for Location of Original
WCFO-KAbE
Location of Original
White House Central Files (Official File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Location of Original - Detail
GF 124-A
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/4/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/07/1992
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:24 PM
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Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570118-008
Author
Adams, Sherman
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
1/18/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
More detail
Author
Adams, Sherman
Author Dates
1899-1986
Author Affiliation
United States. White House
Document ID
570118-008
Document Date
1/18/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 4
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
1/11/1957
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
United States. Dept. of Justice
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Civil rights
Code for Location of Original
WCFO-KAbE
Location of Original
White House Central Files (Official File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Location of Original - Detail
GF 124-A
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/4/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/07/1992
Date Updated
12/3/2009 4:05:41 PM
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Telegram to Herbert Brownell
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570214-010
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Steele, C. Kenzie
Davis, A.L.
Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson)
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Document Date
2/14/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Steele, C. Kenzie
Davis, A.L.
Jemison, T. J. (Theodore Judson)
Author Affiliation
Southern Leaders Conference
Document ID
570214-010
Document Date
2/14/1957
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. 4
Place Written
New Orleans, La.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Dates
1/11/1957
Names
Brownell, Herbert [United States. Dept. of Justice]
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
United States. Supreme Court
United States. Dept. of Justice
Places
Washington, D.C.
Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.
Baton Rouge, La.
Tallahassee, Fla.
Topics
Segregation--law and legislation
Code for Location of Original
WCFO-KAbE
Location of Original
White House Central Files (Official File), Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, Abilene, Kan.
Location of Original - Detail
GF 124-A
Copy Location (1)
RWP-DLC, Roy Wilkins Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (2)
BRP-DLC, Bayard Rustin Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (3)
NCCR-PPPrHi, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Records, Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.
Copy Location (4)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
6/26/1991 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
07/01/1991
Date Updated
7/31/2015 11:37:31 AM
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Letter to Bernard M. Shanley
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570516-004
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Document Date
5/16/1957
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
[Dexter Avenue Baptist Church]
Document ID
570516-004
Document Date
5/16/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
In Vol. 4
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
5/24/1957
6/7/1957
6/13/1957
6/14/1657
Names
Shanley, Bernard M. [United States. White House]
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Organizations
United States. White House
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Presidential meetings
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 71, Folder 9A (1 of 4)
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/11/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/12/1992
Date Updated
2/10/2010 3:04:04 PM
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Give Us the Ballot, Address at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document570517-000
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
570517-000
Document Date
5/17/1957
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal 6
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
5 pp.
Names
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
Montgomery Improvement Association
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organizations
United States. Supreme Court
Topics
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
Brown v. Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Agape
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 34, folder 34
Copy Location (1)
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Filing Info
Box 34, folder 34
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/12/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/19/1990
Date Updated
4/7/2009 12:26:34 PM
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