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''Why I Sit In''

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document600900-004
Author
Posey, Barbara Ann
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Document Date
9/1960
Genre
Pamphlet
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
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Author
Posey, Barbara Ann
Document ID
600900-004
Document Date
9/1960
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Document Type
Document
Status
Cal. 5
Cal. 6
Place Written
New York, N.Y.
Genre
Pamphlet
Document Length
4 pp.
Names
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Gandhi, Mahatma
Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Places
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Montgomery, Ala.
Topics
Lunch counter sit-in, 1960
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Gandhism
Nonviolence
equality
Afro Americans - Jewish relations
Discrimination in public accomodations
Other Topics
Datebook Magazine
Code for Location of Original
CSKC-INP
Location of Original
Coretta Scott King Collection, In Private Hands
Location of Original - Detail
Sermon Files, folder 212
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/10/1998 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
03/20/1998
Date Updated
6/4/2025 7:34:52 AM
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