Papers, 1964-1975.

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Papers, 1964-1975.

Papers, mainly 1967-1968. of Young, a Chicago physician and medical activist, chiefly relating to his activities as national and Chicago area leader of the Medical Committee for Human Rights.

2.2 c.f. (6 archives boxes) and.7 photographs.

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Young, Andrew, 1932-

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Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (born March 12, 1932) is an American politician, diplomat, and activist. Beginning his career as a pastor, Young was an early leader in the civil rights movement, serving as executive director of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and a close confidant to Martin Luther King Jr. Young later became active in politics, serving as a U.S. Congressman from Georgia, United States Ambassador to the United Nations in the Carter Administration, and 55th Mayor of A...

Klinger, Alfred.

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Wilson, T. G. G.

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Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)

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Purpose of organization was to recruit health care personnel and supplies for civil rights workers who participated in the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project and for local black residents. From the description of Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.) records, 1964-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122532014 From the guide to the Medical Committee for Human Rights (U.S.) records, 1964-1966, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, M...

Young, Quentin, 1923-

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Dr. Quentin D. Young is a physician and a lifelong advocate and activist for social justice in healthcare policy. He was born in 1923 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois to Abe and Sarah Young and is a national figure in civil rights work, health care reform, anti-war protests, and many other liberal causes, working tirelessly to promote progressive causes for more than six decades. Young was the personal physician to Martin Luther King, Jr., Jesse Jackson, former May...

Wilkinson, Frank, 1914-2006

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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (b. January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia –d. April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. King helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize and in 1965, he helped to organize the Selma to M...

American medical association

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Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970

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Democratic National Convention (1968 : Chicago, Ill.)

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Poussaint, Alvin F.

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Psychiatrist, educator, and writer. Born 1934. From the description of Papers of Alvin F. Poussaint. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71132899 ...

Geiger, Jack, 1925-

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