5 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: To Claim Body

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 5, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King boarding a plane bound for Memphis, Tennessee to claim the body of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holding a umbrella for Mrs. King is her late husband's secretary, Dora McDonald.

GLC09739.004

July 1959

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958

One pamphlet entitled "progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958," dated July 1959. Summarizes the organization's yearly efforts, details legislative matters, grassroot efforts, economic status of African Americans, housing, branding the image of the NAACP, finances and other topics.

GLC09640.143.01

July 1959

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958

One pamphlet entitled "progress and portents, NAACP Annual Report for 1958," dated July 1959. Summarizes the organization's yearly efforts, details legislative matters, grassroot efforts, economic status of African Americans, housing, branding the image of the NAACP, finances and other topics.

GLC09640.143.02

February 1959

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Then and Now

One pamphlet entitled "Then and Now," dated February 1959. Describes the NAACP's inception on February 12, 1959; the first conference held in New York City attended by almost 300 people challenging racist policies and legislation; a list of accomplishments such as abolishing lynching, enactment of Fair Employment Practices Acts in 15 states; passage of Civil Rights Act of 1957 and others.

GLC09640.146

February 1959

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Roy Wilkins Answers

One pamphlet entitled "Roy Wilkins Answers," dated February 1959. Contains a published reply from Roy Wilkins, executive director of NAACP, to Chet Huntley. Is a response to the hour-long segment that aired on NBC where Huntley expressed that the NAACP should withdraw their opinions on school segregation.

GLC09640.147

July 1960

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Year of Jubilee, NAACP Annual Report for 1959

One pamphlet entitled, "The Year of Jubilee, NAACP Annual Report for 1959," dated July 1960. Contains chapters on legal cases, convention of 1959, religion and civil rights, program activities, membership campaigns, housing, and voting rights.

GLC09640.148

July 1961

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: NAACP Report for 1960

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Report for 1960," dated July 1961. Content consists of legal cases, convention of 1960, religion and civil rights, program activities, membership campaigns, housing, voting rights. Also highlights the 1960 sit-in movements.

GLC09640.149

29 August 1961

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Federally Supported Discrimination, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

One pamphlet entitled, "Federally Supported Discrimination, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights," dated August 29, 1961. Survey submitted by Roy Wilkins, Chairman of NAACP, and Arnold Aronson, Secretary of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. Studies completed on discrimination in education, military, labor, housing, farming and health. Recommends actions to create an equal opportunity environment.

GLC09640.151

13 September 1976

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Reclaiming a Heritage; the NAACP and Africa: An Historical Profile, NAACP Task Force on Africa

One study entitled, "Reclaiming a Heritage; the NAACP and Africa: An Historical Profile, NAACP Task Force on Africa," completed by the NAACP dated 1976. Includes a list of the names of the task force, summary of five Pan-African congresses, supplemental resource of articles by W.E.B. Du Bois from The Crisis.

GLC09640.142

July 1962

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Jim Crow School-North and West

One pamphlet entitled, "The Jim Crow School-North and West," from July 1962. Document pertains to efforts to desegregate schools in the North and West states, expresses the NAACP's position on reducing segregation in schools in the North. Includes illustrations to desegregate schools and zoning laws.

GLC09640.154.01

6 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: To Lead Service

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Benjamin E. Mays, retired president of Morehouse College. According to the wirephoto description, Dr. Mays was a former teacher of Dr. King and was selected to lead the funeral service of King.

GLC09739.005

July 1962

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Jim Crow School-North and West

One pamphlet entitled, "The Jim Crow School-North and West," from July 1962. Document pertains to efforts to desegregate schools in the North and West states, expresses the NAACP's position on reducing segregation in schools in the North. Includes illustrations to desegregate schools and zoning laws.

GLC09640.154.02

July 1962

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: The Jim Crow School-North and West

One pamphlet entitled, "The Jim Crow School-North and West," from July 1962. Document pertains to efforts to desegregate schools in the North and West states, expresses the NAACP's position on reducing segregation in schools in the North. Includes illustrations to desegregate schools and zoning laws.

GLC09640.154.03

5 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: Examines Attache Case

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 5, 1968. Depicts Hosea Williams, an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, examining the contents of King's briefcase. Observable contents of briefcase include King's book "Strength to Love" and a collection of his sermons. Description of the telephoto printed on yellow paper attached to the back of photo.

GLC09739.006

July 1962

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: report for 1962: The March to Freedom

One pamphlet entitled "report for 1962: The March to Freedom," dated July 1962. Content consists of updates on desegregation in Northern schools, housing discrimination, voter registration, finances, politics and religion.

GLC09640.153

5 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Long Live the King

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 5, 1968. Depicts Reverend Ralph Abernathy raising an arm to the sky and saying "Long Live the King." Picture taken after a short memorial service in Memphis, Tennessee after King's body had been placed in a hearse at a funeral parlor. According to the wirephoto text, King's body would be flown from Memphis to Atlanta. Rev. Abernathy would take over the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.

GLC09739.007

6 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [View through simulated rifle scope aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

One wirephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts the view through a simulated rifle scope aimed at the spot where Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel. The shot was taken from an adjacent motel bathroom window.

GLC09739.008

November 1955

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." published in November 1955. Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in employment, housing, voter registration, education, transportation, hospitals and other public spaces.

GLC09640.156.01

5 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [View of mop handle aimed at Dr. Martin Luther King's hotel room]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 5, 1968. Depicts the length of a mop handle pointed at room 306 of the Lorraine Hotel, meant to simulate the view of a rifle's barrel. Picture taken from the inside of an adjacent motel bathroom.

GLC09739.009

1963

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in employment, housing, voter registration, education, transportation, hospitals and other public spaces.

GLC09640.156.02

1963

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: Target for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "Target for 1963." Content consists of a summary of goals for civil rights in 1963; details conditions for "Fight for Freedom Campaign," which includes talking points on attaining civil rights in employment, housing, voter registration, education, transportation, hospitals and other public spaces.

GLC09640.156.03

5 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Interior of bathroom from which assassin stood to murder Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.]

One United Press International Telephoto dated April 5, 1968. Depicts the interior of the bathroom from which an assassin shot Martin Luther King Jr.

GLC09739.010

5 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Assassin's Room

One Associated Press wirephoto dated April 5, 1968. Depicts a newsman in the room rented by James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King's assassin, in a motel adjacent to the Lorraine hotel.

GLC09739.011

6 April 1968

United Press International

Photograph

Title: [Coretta Scott King, 1968]

One telephoto taken by United Press International dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King as she reads a prepared statement at a press conference in Atlanta. According to the telephoto description, "In her first public statement since her husband's assassination, Mrs. King issued a plea for his supporters to cling to the precept of non-violence."

GLC09739.012

6 April 1968

Associated Press

Photograph

Title: Mrs. King Gives Views

One wirephoto taken by Associated Press dated April 6, 1968. Depicts Coretta Scott King at a press conference in Atlanta following Dr. King's assassination. Pictured in the background is Rev. Ralph Abernathy.

GLC09739.013