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Letter to Benjamin Elijah Mays

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document600519-005
Author
Wilkins, Roy
Document Date
5/19/1960
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Letter
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
Wilkins, Roy
Author Dates
1901-1981
Author Affiliation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Document ID
600519-005
Document Date
5/19/1960
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Letter
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 5
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Dates
5/16/1960
5/7/1960
4/16/1960
5/9/1960
4/30/1960
Names
Mays, Benjamin E. (Benjamin Elijah) [Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)]
Wilkins, Roy
Lee, Bernard Scott
Lawson, James M.
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Organizations
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
University of Michigan
Congress of Racial Equality
Alabama State College
Cornell University
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Places
Atlanta, Ga.
Chicago, Ill.
Nashville, Tenn.
Raleigh, N.C.
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Topics
Nonviolence
Direct action
Student movements
Sit-ins
Code for Location of Original
NAACPP-DLC
Location of Original
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Papers, 1909-1955, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Location of Original - Detail
Group III-A213
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
8/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
09/12/1994
Date Updated
6/4/2025 7:34:48 AM
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