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Telegram to Roy Wilkins

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document630416-004
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Document Date
4/16/1963
Genre
Letter
Document Type
Wire or Telegram
Type of Writing
Printed -- published
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
630416-004
Document Date
4/16/1963
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. 8
Place Written
Birmingham, Ala.
Genre
Letter
Document Length
1 p.
Names
Wilkins, Roy [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)]
Walker, Wyatt Tee
Robinson, Cleveland L. (Cleveland Lowellyn) [Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. District 65 (New York, N.Y.)]
Livingston, David [Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. District 65 (New York, N.Y.)]
Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. District 65 (New York, N.Y.)
F. W. Woolworth Company
H. L. Green Company
J. J. Newberry Department Store
S. H. Kress and Company
Places
New York, N.Y.
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Southern Christian Leadership Conference--relations with other organizations
Boycotts
Discrimination in public accommodations
Code for Location of Original
NAACPP-DLC
Location of Original
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
12/4/1998 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
12/09/1998
4/12/2022 mcweaver
Date Updated
4/25/2025 11:12:36 AM
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