Public Relations Dept. records, 1959-1968.

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Public Relations Dept. records, 1959-1968.

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The subgroup consists of records of the Public Relations Dept. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) from 1959-1968. The subgroup contains records of five directors and their research assistants, James R. Wood (1960-1961), Gould Maynard (1962), Jane M. Bond (1960-1963), Edward T. Clayton (1963-1965), Jonathan Chaffee (1965), Xernona Clayton (1965), Junius Griffin (1965-1966), and Thomas Offenberger (1967-1968). The publications series includes press releases, (1958, 1960-1966) distributed by the organization and statements released by King, newsletters (1959, 1961-1966) which provide a good narrative and photographic history of the role of the SCLC in the civil rights movement, and misc. publications (1963-1967). The subgroup also contains biographies (1957-1968) of SCLC members and others involved in the civil rights movement; the subject files (1961-1968) of special projects director Carole Hoover, and records of SCLC conventions and board meetings (1959-1969).

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Hoover, Carole.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is a national organization organized in chapters and affiliates that works for human rights across the world. It played a prominent role in the civil rights movement during the 1950s and 1960s. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King, Jr. Origins of the SCLC can be traced back to the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 5 December 1955 after which leaders of civil rights groups met in Atlanta on 10-11 January 1957 to form ...

Chaffee, Jonathan.

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Clayton, Ed, 1921-1966

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Griffin, Junius.

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Maynard, Gould

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Clayton, Xernona

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Broadcast executive, foundation chief executive, nonprofit executive, television host, and television producer Xernona Clayton and her twin sister, Xenobia, were born August 30, 1930 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Clayton's parents, Reverend James M. and Lillie Brewster, were actively engaged in the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Muskogee. In 1952, Clayton earned her B.A. degree from Tennessee State Agricultural and Industrial College, now Tennessee State University. She later earned a scholarship and purs...

Offenberger, Thomas.

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Wood, James R., 1933-

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Bond, Jane M.

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