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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
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MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
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MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
112
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
92
SCLCR-GAMK, Southern Christian Leadership Conference Records, 1954-1970, Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
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MCMLK-RWWL, Morehouse College Martin Luther King, Jr. Collection, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
17
ASRC-RWWL, Southern Regional Council Papers, Atlanta University Center, Robert W. Woodruff Library Archives and Special Collections, Atlanta, Ga.
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MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
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CSKC-INP, Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
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SAVFC-WHi, Social Action Vertical File, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
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DJG-GEU-S, David J. Garrow Collection, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga.
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''Little Chance Seen for Effective Boycott''
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560713-003
Author
Fullerton, Garry
Place Written
Nashville, Tenn.
Document Date
7/13/1956
Genre
Article
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
More detail
Author
Fullerton, Garry
Document ID
560713-003
Document Date
7/13/1956
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Nashville, Tenn.
Genre
Article
Document Length
1 p.
Published In
Nashville Tennessean, 7 July 1956.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Carter, Leroy
Organizations
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Fisk University
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Miami, Fla.
Montgomery, Ala.
Washington, D. C.
Topics
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Nonviolence
Sit-ins
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Montgomery Improvement Association--Finance
Voter registration
Code for Location of Original
CSJP-TNF
Location of Original
Charles S. Johnson Papers, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 39, folder 4
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/11/1993 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/12/1993
Date Updated
3/23/2009 10:46:31 AM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560714-002
Author
O'Bannon, Lester C.
Place Written
Boston, Mass.
Document Date
7/14/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
O'Bannon, Lester C.
Document ID
560714-002
Document Date
7/14/1956
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Boston, Mass.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
3 pp.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Wells, Lemuel Henry, Bp., 1841-
Wills, John
Bynoe, John G.
Powell, Mary L. Gordon
King, Coretta Scott
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Support correspondence
Voter registration
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Friends and Associates
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Family - Coretta Scott King
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 43, f 177
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
6/25/1991 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
07/02/1991
Date Updated
2/18/2010 2:01:56 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560725-000
Author
Levy, James E.
Place Written
Cleveland, Ohio
Document Date
7/25/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Levy, James E.
Author Affiliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Document ID
560725-000
Document Date
7/25/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Cleveland, Ohio
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
9/16/1956
9/17/1956
9/18/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Organizations
Cleveland Negro Ministers
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Akron, Ohio
San Francisco, Calif.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Meetings
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Travels
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 63, folders 15, 16, 17
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/24/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/16/1989
Date Updated
3/25/2009 9:48:27 AM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560800-012
Author
Helton, R. L.
Place Written
Burbank, Calif.
Document Date
[8/1956]
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
More detail
Author
Helton, R. L.
Document ID
560800-012
Document Date
[8/1956]
Type of Writing
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal 6
Place Written
Burbank, Calif.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Dates
8/3/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Topics
Support correspondence
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Bible, N.T.
Voter registration
Other Topics
U.S. News and World Report
Acts 17:26
Galations 3:28
Acts 10:34-35
Code for Location of Original
CSKC-INP
Location of Original
Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sermon Files, folder 216
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/12/1997 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
08/14/1997
Date Updated
3/26/2009 9:09:12 AM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560809-002
Author
Kilgore, Thomas
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
8/9/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
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Author
Kilgore, Thomas
Author Dates
1913-1998
Author Affiliation
Friendship Baptist Church
Document ID
560809-002
Document Date
8/9/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
9/13/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Organizations
Salem Methodist Church
Wednesday Ministers' Fellowship
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
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 61, folder 5
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
1/26/1995 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
01/30/1995
Date Updated
3/26/2009 10:57:24 AM
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Letter to Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560827-004
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Mason, E.H.
Lewis, Rufus A. (Rufus Andrew)
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Document Date
8/27/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Nixon, Edgar Daniel
Mason, E.H.
Lewis, Rufus A. (Rufus Andrew)
Author Affiliation
Montgomery Improvement Association
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and Maids
Inter- Denominational Alliance
Citizen's Educational Committee
Document ID
560827-004
Document Date
8/27/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Dates
1/30/1956
2/1/1956
8/24/1956
Names
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) [United States. White House]
Brownell, Herbert
Organizations
White Citizens Council
Montgomery Journal
Montgomery (Ala.). Police Dept.
Ku Klux Klan
United States. Supreme Court
Places
Washington, D. C.
Topics
Civil rights
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Threats/attacks against
Segregation in transportation
Segregation--law and legislation
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
United States - Constitutional law
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with government officials
Police - Complaints against
Arrest
Voter registration
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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)
MLKP-MBU, Martin Luther King, Jr., Papers, 1954-1968, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Copy Location (2)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Filing Info
ox 78, folder 25
Date Created
11/30/1992 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/01/1992
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:24 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560901-000
Author
Rodriguez, E. F. (Mrs.)
Place Written
Chappaqua, N.Y.
Document Date
9/1/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Rodriguez, E. F. (Mrs.)
Document ID
560901-000
Document Date
9/1/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed (Handwritten signature of author)
Status
Cal. 3
Place Written
Chappaqua, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
8/3/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)]
Powell, Adam Clayton
Lincoln, Abraham
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David)
Organizations
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
U.S. News and World Report
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Reader's Digest
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications - Reprints
Electoral politics
Voter registration
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Other Topics
The Montgomery Story
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 64A, folder 22, 23
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
11/9/1988 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/09/1988
Date Updated
4/14/2009 2:41:27 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560907-001
Author
Olney, Warren
Caldwell, A. B. (Arthur Bunyan)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
9/7/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Olney, Warren
Caldwell, A. B. (Arthur Bunyan)
Author Dates
1904-1978
Author Affiliation
United States. Department of Justice
Document ID
560907-001
Document Date
9/7/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Document Note
Signed by Arthur B. Caldwell
Dates
8/27/1956
1/30/1956
2/1/1956
8/24/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Organizations
White Citizens Council
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Voter registration
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with government officials
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 66A, folder 30
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/11/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/12/1989
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:24 PM
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Letter to Warren Olney
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document560917-003
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Document Date
9/17/1956
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
560917-003
Document Date
9/17/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
[Montgomery, Ala.]
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Dates
9/7/1956
Names
Olney, Warren [United States. Department of Justice]
Brownell, Herbert [United States. Department of Justice]
Organizations
United States. Department of Justice
Southern Regional Council
Places
Washington, D.C.
Macon County, Ga.
Topics
Voter registration
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with government officials
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 66A, folder 30
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
10/11/1989 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
10/12/1989
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:24 PM
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Letter to Martin Luther King, Jr.
http://okra.stanford.edu/en/permalink/document561002-010
Author
Olney, Warren
Caldwell, A. B. (Arthur Bunyan)
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Document Date
10/2/1956
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
More detail
Author
Olney, Warren
Caldwell, A. B. (Arthur Bunyan)
Author Dates
1904-1978
Author Affiliation
United States. Department of Justice
Document ID
561002-010
Document Date
10/2/1956
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Letter
Type of Signature
Signed with representation of author (Handwritten signature by author's representative)
Status
In Vol. 3
Place Written
Washington, D.C.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Document Note
Signed by Arthur B. Caldwell
Dates
9/17/1956
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr., [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Organizations
Montgomery Improvement Association
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Voter registration
Montgomery Improvement Association--relations with government officials
Segregation--law and legislation
Other Topics
Registration of Negro Voters in Alabama in 1954
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 23, folder 20
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
7/3/1990 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
07/06/1990
Date Updated
5/5/2009 2:48:24 PM
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