Slater King papers, 1955-1968.

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Slater King papers, 1955-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38476471

The collection consists of papers of Slater King from 1955-1968. The papers include correspondence, printed material, and memoranda. The materials document King's involvement with the Albany Movement (1962-1967), his bid for mayor of Albany (1963), his civil rights activities, and his real estate business. Notable correspondents include Anne and Carl Braden, James Forman, Abraham John Muste, and Wyatt Tee Walker.

1.25 linear ft.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7403319

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Braden, Anne McCarty, 1924-2006

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Journalist, civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Reminiscences of Anne Braden : oral history, 1981. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721763 Journalist; civil rights activist; interviewee married Carl Braden. From the description of Oral history interview with Anne Braden, 1978. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309721830 Anne McCarty was born ...

Braden, Carl, 1914-1975

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Carl Braden was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Braden left school at sixteen to begin a career in journalism. In October 1954, Carl and Anne Braden were indicted in Louisville under a state sedition law by the Jefferson County Grand Jury after the house they purchased for a Black family (Andrew Wade) was bombed. The charges against Mrs. Braden and five other people were dropped, but Carl was held under bail of $40,000, tried and found guilty of sedition for having incited the bombing. ...

Forman, James, 1928-2005

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Social activist and organizer James Forman was born on October 4, 1928, in Chicago. He spent much of his childhood with his grandmother on a farm in Marshall County, Mississippi. His grandmother stressed the importance of education and his experiences in the segregated South proved very important in his developing social consciousness.Forman completed high school in 1947. He attended Chicago's Wilson Junior College before joining the U.S. Air Force. After completing four years of military servic...

Muste, Abraham John, 1895-1967.

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King, Slater, 1927-1969

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Slater King, civil rights activist and real estate businessman of Albany, Georgia. From the description of Slater King papers, 1955-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38476471 Real estate agent and civil rights activitist, of Albany, Ga.; cousin of Martin Luther King, Jr. From the description of Slater King papers, 1955-1970. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 70972585 ...

Walker, Wyatt Tee

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Minister, author, and civil rights activist. From the description of Wyatt Tee Walker papers : additions, 1969-2005 (bulk ca. 1970-2005) (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 229128156 Minister, author, and civil rights activist, Rev. Dr. Wyatt Tee Walker is best known for his work as Chief of Staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a position he held from 1960-1964, and as pastor of Canaan Baptist Church in New York City since 1967. ...