1957

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Envelope

Title: [SCLC Donation Envelope, Dollars for Freedom]

One donation envelope belonging to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with a printed signature of Martin Luther King Jr., president and Ralph D. Abernathy, treasurer, dating from King's presidency, 1957-1968. Includes image of Dr. King on both sides with attached membership card.

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May 1965

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Header Record

Title: [Request for donation from SCLC] [Decimalized .01-.03]

Four items related to the mailing list of Southern Christian Leadership Conference request for contributions. Includes correspondence and envelope from Martin Luther King Jr., regarding their efforts, list of fiscal facts pertaining to SCLC, and an contribution envelope with paid postage.

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1965 May

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Letter

Title: to "Dear Friend"

One circular letter to either subscribers or other type of recipients. Mentions the efforts of the SCLC pertaining to protests in Selma which President Johnson had recognized as a significant historical event. Calls for a contribution to fund volunteers of SCLC who oranized voter registration and community projects in Southern states. Also included is an envelope to Mr. and Mrs. Hal Leler.

GLC09641.21.01

1965 May

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Document

Title: Some Important Fiscal Facts About SCLC

One item from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference mailing list dated 1965. Item is labelled as "Some Important Fiscal Facts About SCLC." The document details that no one in SCLC receives a salary, that an audit is completed by a C.P.A., fundraising and where contributions are used within the organization.

GLC09641.21.02

1965 May

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Envelope

Title: [Donation envelope to SCLC]

One pre-paid piece of mail addressed to Martin Luther King Jr., at SCLC Headquarters. Envelope contains a form to be filled out by the donor. "I am pleased to contribute to $ ____ to advance human dignity in the United States."

GLC09641.21.03

1 September 1967

King, Martin Luther Jr., 1929-1968

Typed document

Title: Speech to the American Psychological Association.

One address delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., at the Hilton Hotel in Washington D.C., dated September 1, 1967. Dr. King refers to the aid that science can give to the plight of African Americans in the fight against racism. He writes that non-violent protests have been the most effective modes of affecting change, as well as, riots in the city. "Urban riots are a special form of violence. They are not insurrections. The rioters are not seeking to seize territory or to attain control of institutions. Dominantly they are intended to shock the white community. They are a distorted form of…

GLC09641.22

9 July 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Document

Title: The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Observes the 25th Anniversary of the Signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act

One program dated July 9, 1989, marking the 25th Anniversary of the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, includes a historical sketch of the signing, a religious service schedule, and scanned images of protests.

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13 December 1989

Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Pamphlet

Title: SCLS, Hope

One pamphlet printed in 1989 related to the 12th Annual Alabama Southern Christian Leadership Conference which took place in Birmingham, Alabama. Document contains conference details such as speakers, conference schedule, messages from politicians regarding Civil Rights, photographs of demonstrations, and messages from community members.

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1955

Leflar, Robert, fl. 1955

Pamphlet

Title: What the Supreme Court Said...

One pamphlet printed by the Southern Regional Council in 1955 on the school segregation decision by Robert A . Leflar. The publication includes an analysis of the Supreme Court decision which diverged from the position that NAACP counsel and Solicitor General Sobeloff had requested. Also printed is the decision and implementation of the decision.

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26 July 1963

Southern Regional Council

Typed document

Title: Civil Rights Crisis: A Synopsis of Recent Developments

One synopsis dated July 26, 1963 related to protests in the South from June 24 to July 24 1963. Scope of list contains instances in Alabama cities: Bessemer, Birmingham, Gadsden, Huntsville, Montgomery, Talladega, and Selma; Arkansas cities: Gillett, Hot Springs, Little Rock, Pine Bluff; and Florida cities: Bradenton, Clearwater and Cocoa. Occurrences mentioned are church bombings, picketing against wage discrimination, sit-ins, demonstrations, committee meetings and successes.

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4 November 1954

Gillespie, G.T. (Guy Tillman), 1924-2017

Pamphlet

Title: A Christian View on Segregation; Reprint of an Address By Rev. G. T. Gillespie, D. D.

One pamphlet of a printed address by Reverend G. T. Gillespie in 1954. The Synod of Mississippi of the Presbyterian Church published a statement that is in favor of segregation. The document details that segregation promotes progress, is natural, and not based on racial prejudice.

GLC09641.27

3 June 1964

United States. Congress

Printed document

Title: Congressional Record - Senate

One congressional record dated June 3, 1964 which includes an article related to Senator Hubert Humphrey's work with the United Nations and a larger background sketch on the National States Rights Party, an anti-semitic, white supremacist group.

GLC09641.28

9 February 1950

United Negro College Fund

Pamphlet

Title: a part of the American harvest

This fundraising pamphlet for the United Negro College Fund is for ten percent of the educational budget of 1950. The projected budge to raise was $1.4 million. The inside of the brochure summarizes the number and types of professions financed by contributions to the United Negro College Fund. This includes teachers, doctors, dentists, nurses, religious leaders, agricultural workers, skilled technicians, social workers and artists. The packet states that these graduates are contributing to the community and progress of the nation.Also that the measurement of the colleges is "a major…

GLC09641.29

1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: Civil Rights and Legal Wrongs

One pamphlet printed in 1963 by the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government arguing against the passage of President John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act (S. 1731). The document outlines negative aspects of sections in the bill; voting rights, public accommodations, desegregation of public education, Community Relations Service, overseeing the Commission on Civil Rights, denial of financial assistance based on proof of race discrimination, authoriziation given to the President to organize a Commission on Equal Employment Opportunity.

GLC09641.30

1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: The Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

One informational pamphlet dated 1963 regarding the history of the commission. Document states the commission's mission statement which is meant to promote and to protect State powers.

GLC09641.31

1963

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Government

Pamphlet

Title: The Civil Rights Cases

One pamphlet printed in 1963 opposing John F. Kennedy's Civil Rights Act. The item details the history of "Force Acts" as violation of the Fourteenth Amendment and that businesses should not have to abide by what the legislation was requesting: equal rights and services for all despite race, gender or religion. Text includes a summary and analysis of civil rights cases decided in 1883.

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1970-1971

Voter Education Project

Document

Title: The Civil Rights Cases

One essay regarding the services rendered by the Voter Education Project (VEP) written circa 1970 to 1971. The essay gives a historical background behind the inception of the organization as an off-shoot of the Southern Regional Council. Topics discussed in the essay are voter registration, statewide voter education projects, asssistance to elected officials, citizenship education and research pulled from data of the projects.

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1965

Trageser, Donald J., fl. 1965

Typed document signed

Title: [Note from Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of WEEI Radio, 1965]

One undated note from Donald J. Trageser, Vice President and General Manager of WEEI Radio in Boston, MA. Was enclosed with three broadcast transcripts that aired and invites the reader to express their opinions on the content provided.

GLC09641.34.01

19 April 1965

WEEI Radio

Typed document

Title: Too Many Pigeons

One editorial dated April 19 announced by Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of CBS Radio and General Manager at WEEI radio entitled "Too Many Pigeons." The broadcast covers an uncontrollable pigeon population in Boston covering the Boston Common. Mentions an Englishman that recommended giving pigeons birth-controll pills to curb them from repopulating.

GLC09641.34.02

23 April 1965

WEEI Radio

Typed document

Title: Recognizing the Problem

One editorial dated April 23 announced by Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of CBS Radio and General Manager at WEEI radio entitled "Recognizing the Problem." The broadcast covers the radio's Advisory Committee's findings on racial inequality in schools in Boston. Findings include that racial inequality exists but not due to a group rather due to internal reasons.

GLC09641.34.03

22 April 1965

WEEI Radio

Typed document

Title: A Look at the Record

One editorial dated April 22 announced by Donald J. Trageser, Vice President of CBS Radio and General Manager at WEEI radio entitled "A Look at the Record." The broadcast covers the the importance of the Civil Rights movement to have a voice. Trageser mentions criticism received due to the radio not endorsing a planned civil rights march on Boston City Hall. The radio stood by not having a public position but did defend itself that it gave ample coverage regarding racial inequality.

GLC09641.34.04

1964

Williams Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church

Booklet

Title: Order of Worship

One church service program dated 1964 by the Williams Chapel A. M. E. Zion Church in Williamston, North Carolina, also includes an insert of a reminder of their mission. Includes the processional music, responses, scriptures, and community notices. Insert contains reminders for duties as tenants, landlords, employees, neighbors and to share their "convictions at every opportunity." Page 5 is a separate document.

GLC09641.35

1965

Typed document

Title: Northern Segregation

One undated sheet of facts regarding segregation in Boston. Facts include population of African-Americans in Massachusetts. Sheet covers segregated housing information (i.e., pricing, landlords). Concludes that Northern segregation is just as bad as Southern segregation, "The guild of the North is just as great as that of the South and goes back to the trading ships from the North which brought the slaves here."

GLC09641.36

1943

Office of War Information, Division of Public Inquiries

Poster

Title: [Franklin D. Roosevelt on Citizenship]

This poster features a quote of Franklin Delano Roosevelt from February 3rd 1943. He discusses citizenship, in red it reads, "Americanism is not, and never was, a matter of race or ancestry." The poster also has an image of an eagle holding the flag on the top, and the presidential seal on the bottom. This poster is OWI poster no. 75 and has the number O-533582 on the bottom corner.

GLC09653.03.02

1942

Division of Information, Office for Emergency Management

Poster

Title: Americans! Share the Meat

One poster entitled "Americans! Share the Meat," dated 1942. Pertains to meat rations during World War II. Poster contains list of civilians needing to limit their meat consumption to 2 1/2 pounds. Commissioned by the Food Requirement Committee through the War Department. Signed by Claude R. Wickard, Chariman. Item number is OWI Poster No. 10, O-489556.

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