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Draft, ''Chapter II, The Sword That Heals,'' Why We Can't Wait

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document640500-017
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
[Atlanta, Ga.]
Document Date
[12/1963-5/1964]
Genre
Essay
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Document ID
640500-017
Document Date
[12/1963-5/1964]
Type of Writing
Typed
Handwritten -- other than author's hand
Document Type
Document
Type of Version
Draft
Status
Undecided
Place Written
[Atlanta, Ga.]
Genre
Essay
Document Length
22 pp.
Document Note
Marginal comments by King.
Dates
6/11/1963
Names
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald)
Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson)
Washington, Booker T.
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)
Garvey, Marcus
Lee, Harper
Hibbler, Al
Johnson, Samuel
Parks, Rosa
Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Nation of Islam
United States. Supreme Court
Places
Birmingham, Ala.
Montgomery, Ala.
Albany, Ga.
Topics
Why We Can't Wait
Slavery
Montgomery Bus Boycott
School integration
Nonviolence
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Publications
Jim Crow
Afro-Americans--Intimidation of
Afro-Americans - Economic conditions
Birmingham, 1963
Student movements
Other Topics
To Kill a Mocking Bird
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 89, folder 9 (4 of 5)
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
11/15/1999 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
11/16/1999
Date Updated
4/8/2025 8:27:02 AM
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