King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Bessie M. Foster Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Collection number: MS-123
Scope and Contents
Donated by Ms. Bessie M. Foster, the pictures have been held by her family for many years. There’s a remarkable story behind Valdosta State University’s portrait of Tuskegee Institute founder Dr. Booker T. Washington. The passage of the portrait from Tuskegee Institute to Valdosta State University nearly a hundred years later is a tale of a rural African-American family’s embrace of Washington’s philosophy of self-improvement and achievement.
The story – and the picture – come to us from...
Dates:
Acquired: 2013-01-24
Item 3: MLK Letter, 1959-10
Item — Item 3
Collection number: 1.2
Scope and Contents
Letter written by M. L. King to the Reverend David E. Parke accepting a speaking engagement accompanied by a photograph of King. Includes a brief biographical description of King.
Dates:
1959-10
Item 78: Book, "Strength to Love," signed by MLK
Item — Item 78
Collection number: 78
Scope and Contents
Book, "Strength to Love" by Martin Luther King, Jr. Signed by King.
Dates:
2021-07-13
Southern Patriot - Volume 26, Number 4, April 1968
File — Box 1, Folder: 24
Collection number: Folder 24
Scope and Contents
MEMPHIS, Tenn.—This city, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated on April 4, has been living a lie—as all U.S. cities are living a lie. Memphis bills itself as “the City of Good Abode.” It crows about its integrated public accommodations and constantly reminds visitors that these were achieved without the necessity or “bother” of marches and demonstrations
Dates:
Created: April 1968
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- Civil Rights -- United States 1
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 1
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