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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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