Papers. 1941-67.

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Papers. 1941-67.

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Pioneering use of passive non-violence in 1940's, spread nationally by 1960's, organized Freedom rides, moved toward militancy and Black separatism in later '60's. Principally correspondence from 1959 to 1964.

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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Tulane University, Amistad Research Center

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