Martin Luther King, Jr. subject files, 1955-1967.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. subject files, 1955-1967.

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The collection consists of subject files of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955-1968. The files contain clippings, printed material, programs, sermons, and speeches either by, about, or of interest to King pertaining to civil rights in the United States and other countries. Topics documented by the materials include race relations; civil rights; Vietnam War; Congress of Racial Equality; discrimination in education, employment, and housing; nonviolence; social integration; the Southern Regional Council, and trade unions.

9.5 linear ft.

Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial Center

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Congress of Racial Equality

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Downtown CORE (Congress of Racial Equality), a chapter of the CORE national organization, was formed in March 1963 and remained active until the end 1966. Based on Manhattan's Lower East Side, it was one of nearly a dozen New York City local chapters organized in the early 1960s. Its founders included Rita and Michael Schwerner (the latter one of the group of three civil rights workers murdered in Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964), and its members included radical pacifist Igal Rodenko, anarchi...

Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...

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...