King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1929 - 1968
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Ruth Morand Baham collection
Collection — Container: Seventh War Loan Poster
Identifier: 530
Scope and Contents
The Ruth Morand Baham collection contains news clippings, magazine articles, ephemera, collected writings, and books related to African American history with an emphasis on New Orleans and the city's first African American mayor, Ernest "Dutch" Morial and the Morial family. The collection also emphasizes Marcus Christian, J.A. Rogers, Leontyne Bryant Gumbel, Martin Luther King Jr, and others. Subjects covered in the newspaper clippings include African Americans in arts and...
Dates:
Created: 1941-1998; Other: Majority of material found in 1968-1994; Other: Date acquired: 04/10/1997
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Ruth Morand Baham collection
John Wesley Dobbs Family papers
Collection
Identifier: 122
Scope and Contents
The papers document the personal and professional lives of the John Wesley Dobbs family of Atlanta, Georgia. The key topics are civil rights, education, integration, race relations, and African American suffrage. The main strengths are the civil rights activities of the family as well as J.W. Dobb's tenure as Grand Master of Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge of Georgia. The collection encompasses 5.8 linear feet of correspondence, photographs, programs, sound recordings, speeches, and news...
Dates:
Created: 1873-2001; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1974
James H. Hargett papers
Collection
Identifier: 490
Scope and Contents
The papers of Reverend Dr. James Hester Hargett document his civil rights and social action driven ministries in Hawaii, California, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York. The key topics covered in this collection are civil rights, community advocacy, social justice, missionary travels, multi-ethnic churches and transitional communities, race relations, and the recruitment of African American men and women into Christian service. The main strengths are Hargett's commitment towards diversifying...
Dates:
Created: 1955-2007; Other: Date acquired: 12/01/1995
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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James H. Hargett papers
Kevin Johnson collection
Collection
Identifier: 532
Content Description
This collection contains audiocassette tapes and one videotape of various talks, speeches, and lectures of national and international African and African American leaders. Individuals include Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Haki Madhubuti, Ivan Van Sertima, Haile Selassie, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Dates:
Other: 1961-1992
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Kevin Johnson collection
Rosanna Edwards Marshall papers
Collection
Identifier: 433
Content Description
Rosanna Edwards Marshall was an educator and author in New Orleans. Her papers include photographs of her travels and her military service in World War II, a photograph of Martin Luther King Jr., and copies of Veterans' Voices (1984-1992). Included are a photograph album documenting a trip to California (1985), correspondence (1953-1993), legal documents (1966), a program for the Thomy Lafon School (1948), newspaper articles, a flyer for her book, ...
Dates:
Other: 1940-1996
Aubre de L. Maynard papers
Collection
Identifier: 249
Content Description
The papers of Aubre de L. Maynard consist of typescripts for Maynard's "A Gallery of Negro Surgeons" and his "Surgeons to the Poor," materials on the Harlem Hospital, Maynard's curriculum vitae, and a photograph.
Dates:
Other: 1973-1977
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Aubre de L. Maynard papers
Robert G. Sherer collection
Collection
Identifier: 735
Scope and Contents
The Robert G. Sherer collection consists of 26 black and white photographs taken by Sherer during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, as well as a booklet, texts of speeches, biographical sketches of individuals participating in the march, lists of sponsors, a program schedule, a map, and press releases. Texts of speeches include those delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; John Lewis, Chairman of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Whitney M. Young Jr.,...
Dates:
Created: 1899-1982; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2002
Found in:
Amistad Research Center
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Robert G. Sherer collection
Society of St. Edmund (Selma, Alabama) records
Collection
Identifier: 325
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Edmundite Missions contain correspondence, clippings, invitations, notes, photographs, press releases, programs, and collected items. The bulk of the material focuses on a brief but highly fertile period in the mid-60s. Because of the location of the church, hospital, etc. in Selma, and because of the particular emphasis of the order on work among southern Blacks, the papers document some of the turbulence that characterized the time and the locale. Furthermore, the...
Dates:
Created: 1944-1972; Other: Majority of material found in 1963-1965; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1972
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