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Letter to Dwight D. (Dwight David) Eisenhower

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/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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Author
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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