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Why are You Here?, Address at the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) orientation

https://okra.stanford.edu/link/document650615-002
Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Document Date
[6/15/1965]
Genre
Speech
Document Type
Document
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
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Author
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
Author Dates
1929-1968
Author Affiliation
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Document ID
650615-002
Document Date
[6/15/1965]
Type of Writing
Typed
Autograph -- author's hand
Document Type
Document
Status
Undecided
Place Written
Atlanta, Ga.
Genre
Speech
Document Length
27 pp.
Dates
1776
Names
Jefferson, Thomas
Henry, Patrick
Sandburg, Carl
Revere, Paul
Organizations
Morris Brown College
Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE)
United States. Congress
Places
Washington, D.C.
Topics
Student movements
Voting Rights Act, 1965
Church and Race Relations
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Public Speaking
Other Topics
Prayers of Steel
Code for Location of Original
MLKJP-GAMK
Location of Original
Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I-IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.
Location of Original - Detail
Box 116
Copy Location (1)
MLKPP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Date Created
2/7/1997 12:00:00 AM
Date Verified
02/10/1997
Date Updated
10/20/2010 4:38:39 PM
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