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Telegram to Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Author
Wilkins, Roy
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
12/18/1959
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Wilkins, Roy
Author Dates
1901-1981
Author Affiliation
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Document ID
591218-001
Document Date
12/18/1959
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
Cal. 5
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
2 pp.
Dates
1/13/1960-1/14/1960
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Organizations
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
United States. Congress. House of Representatives
United States. Congress. Senate
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Civil rights
Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with government officials
Meetings
political participation
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 74, folder 16
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/4/1993 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
05/14/1993
Date Updated
6/4/2025 7:34:41 AM
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