Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969.

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969.

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A component of the Department of Special Collections' African American History Collection, this group of materials contains press statements and speeches related to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s civil rights work as the president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). In addition to civil rights, the collection contains material that illustrates King's positions on topics that include: violence towards African Americans and civil rights workers, poverty in the United States, the Vietnam War, the rise of the Black Power movement, and accusations of communist infiltration of the SCLC and other civil rights groups. The collection also contains two copies of King's 1964 lecture given on the occasion of his acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize. Additionally, the collection contains a small amount of material from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Council of Federated Organizations.

28 items (2 folders)

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7757798

University of California, Davis, Shields Library

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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)

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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was created in 1960 at Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its purpose was to coordinate the student protest movement. SNCC led voter registration drives in Mississippi and other southern states, held civil rights demonstrations advocating social integration, and sponsored the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi....

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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 ...

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...

University of California, Davis. Library

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Mostly 19th and early 20th century programs, including a large group of souvenir programs. From the description of Theatre programs collection: United States, 1800-2005. (University of California, Davis). WorldCat record id: 77008484 Material was collected by the Department of Special Collections as part of the African American History Collection. From the description of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. statements, speeches, and other material, 1963-1969. (University ...