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Telegram to John F. (John Fitzgerald) Kennedy and Richard M. (Richard Milhous) Nixon

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document601027-004
Author
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc.
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Inter Civic Council of Tallahassee (ICC)
Montgomery Improvement Association
Alabama Civic Affairs Association
Citizens Committee of Mobile Ala.
Coahoma County Negro Citizens Association
Coahoma Progressive Voters League
Collegeville Civic League
Hopewell Improvement Association
Improvement Association
Florida Voters League
Georgia Voters League
Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership
Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Non-Partisan Voters League
Petersburg Improvement Association
United Christian Movement
Travis County Voters League
North Birmingham Federation of Women's Club
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Document Date
10/27/1960
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Typed
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Author
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc.
Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)
Inter Civic Council of Tallahassee (ICC)
Montgomery Improvement Association
Alabama Civic Affairs Association
Citizens Committee of Mobile Ala.
Coahoma County Negro Citizens Association
Coahoma Progressive Voters League
Collegeville Civic League
Hopewell Improvement Association
Improvement Association
Florida Voters League
Georgia Voters League
Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership
Nashville Christian Leadership Council
Non-Partisan Voters League
Petersburg Improvement Association
United Christian Movement
Travis County Voters League
North Birmingham Federation of Women's Club
Document ID
601027-004
Document Date
10/27/1960
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Version
Copy
Status
Cal. 5
Place Written
Montgomery, Ala.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
4 pp.
Names
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous)
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
King, Martin Luther, Jr. [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Walker, Wyatt Tee [Southern Christian Leadership Conference]
Williams, Aubrey Willis [Southern Conference Educational Fund, Inc.]
Shuttlesworth, Fred L. [Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights (ACMHR)]
Lowery, Joseph (Joseph E.) [Alabama Civic Affairs Association]
LeFlore, John L. [Citizens Committee of Mobile Ala.]
Melchor, John C. [Coahoma County Negro Citizens Association]
Drew, R.L. [Coahoma Progressive Voters League]
Noble, W.D. [Collegeville Civic League]
Harris, Curtis W. [Hopewell Improvement Association]
Nickens, Royal J. [Hopewell Improvement Association]
Wood, Virgil [Improvement Association]
Abernathy, Ralph [Montgomery Improvement Association]
Steele, C. Kenzie [Inter Civic Council of Tallahassee (ICC)]
Davis, Edward D. [Florida Voters League]
Dobbs, John Wesley [Georgia Voters League]
Henry, Aaron [Mississippi Regional Council of Negro Leadership]
Smith, Kelly Miller [Nashville Christian Leadership Council]
Chrisbon, A.S. [Non-Partisan Voters League]
Williams, R.G. [Petersburg Improvement Association]
Simpkins, C.O [United Christian Movement]
Dewitty, Arthur [Travis County Voters League]
Menefee, Lula [North Birmingham Federation of Women's Club]
Places
Atlanta, Ga.
Topics
Presidential candidates, 1960
School integration
Segregation in transportation
Discrimination in housing
Discrimination in Employment
Voter registration
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Sit-ins
Presidential Elections
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Arrests
Civil Rights Act, 1957
Code for Location of Original
CAABP-WHi
Location of Original
Carl and Anne Braden Papers, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
5/24/1993 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
05/25/1993
Date Updated
6/4/2025 7:34:55 AM
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