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Draft, ''A Summer of Discontent,'' Why We Can't Wait

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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Atlanta, Ga.]
Document Date
[12/1963-5/1964]
Genre
Essay
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
640500-014
Document Date
[12/1963-5/1964]
Type of Writing
Typed
Document Type
Document
Type of Version
Draft
Status
Undecided
Place Written
[Atlanta, Ga.]
Genre
Essay
Document Length
36 pp.
Dates
7/1963
5/1963
6/12/1963
6/30/1963
8/23/1963
4/12/1963 - 6/24/1963
Names
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Reston, James [New York Times Company]
Sanford, Terry
Thopmson, Allen C.
Doar, John
Beckwith, Byron de la
Evers, Medgar Wiley
Connor, Eugene
Shuttlesworth, Fred L.
Johnson, Samuel
Richardson, Gloria
Carter, Robert L.
Hart, Philip A. (Philip Aloysius)
Taylor, Gardner C.
Ray, Sandy F.
Wagner, Robert F. (Robert Ferdinand)
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich)
Holt, Len
Lichtenberger, Arthur
Blake, Eugene Carson
Ahmann, Mathew H.
Prinz, Joachim
Spike, Robert W. (Robert Warren)
Organizations
New York Times Company
University of Mississippi
University of Alabama
Congress of Racial Equality
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
United States. Internal Revenue Service
University of Florida
S.C.L.C. Operation Breadbasket
Ku Klux Klan
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America
United States. Dept. of Justice
American Baptist Convention
American Jewish Congress
Places
Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.
Knoxville, Tenn.
Nashville, Tenn.
New York, N.Y.
Augusta, Ga.
Gadsden, Ala.
Denver, Colo.
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Birmingham, 1963
Discrimination in public accomodations
Civil rights demonstrations
Discrimination in housing
Discrimination in Employment
Why We Can't Wait
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Afro Americans - Jewish relations
Freedom rides
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Boycotts
Police - Complaints against
Operation Breadbasket
Jews
Emancipation Proclamation
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
Other Topics
Emancipation Proclamation
Atlanta Constitution
Christianity and Crisis
Why We Can't Wait
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 88A, folder 9
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
3/25/1998 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
06/08/1998
Date Updated
4/8/2025 8:27:02 AM
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