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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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July 1964

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963.

One pamphlet entitled, "In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963," dated 1964. The report for 1963 highlights: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Medgar Evers's funeral and activism; integrated classrooms; briefing on a convention; religion; legal action; fair employment; voter rights and finances.

GLC09640.157.01

July 1964

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963

One pamphlet entitled, "In Freedom's Vanguard, Report for 1963," dated 1964. The report for 1963 highlights: the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; Medgar Evers's funeral and activism; integrated classrooms; briefing on a convention; religion; legal action; fair employment; voter rights and finances.

GLC09640.157.02

July 1965

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: A New Birth of Freedom, Report for 1964

One pamphlet entitled, "A New Birth of Freedom, Report for 1964," dated 1965. Report topics include: legislation passed in Congress; NAACP departmental actions; membership; legal cases of the year; desegregation in schools; labor department; voter rights; religion; annual convention; public relations; major civil rights events; and finances.

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July 1966

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: NAACP Annual Report for 1965

One pamphlet entitled "NAACP Annual Report for 1965." Report covers the enactment of the Civil Right Act of 1964; Los Angeles riots; police brutality; YMCA segregation; highlights victims of racial violence; protests; NAACP departmental actions; membership; legal cases of the year; labor department; religion; annual convention; public relations; and finances.

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5 July 1966

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Pamphlet

Title: 57th Annual Convention Resolutions

One pamphlet entitled, "57th Annual Convention Resolutions," dated 1966. Resolutions concerned with civil rights, economic advancement, education, housing, legislation, health, labor, religion, foreign affairs, apartheid, discrimination in unions, capital punishment, and miscellaneous affairs.

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1964

Lieber, Larry, 1931-?

Comic book

Title: Your Future Rests ... In Your Hands

One comic book entitled, "Your Future Rests...In Your Hands," by Larry Lieber dated 1964. Illustrates characters discussing racial inequality in housing and education in African American communities; Steve Baxter of NAACP Voter Registration Committee advocates for African Americans to take the vote more seriously as well as how to register to vote.

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14 May 1957

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald, 1917-1963

Typed letter signed

Title: to Robert D. Moran

A typed letter from Senator John F. Kennedy to Robert D. Moran dated May 14, 1957. Kennedy is writing to Moran in response to a letter concerning the minimum voting age. Kennedy believes that the matter of voting age should continue to be determined by the individual states. He writes that he has met many people below the age of 21 who would be as well qualified to vote as they would be in a few years. Kennedy thanks Moran for writing and assures him that his views on legislative questions are always welcome. Moran is the president of the Young Republican Club of Springfield, Massachusetts.

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June 1940

National Resources Planning Committee

Pamphlet

Title: Housing: the Continuing Problem.

One pamphlet entitled, "Housing: the Contuining Problem," dated June 1940. Printed by the National Resources Planning Board. Item reports demand for affordable housing, estimates labor costs, foreclosure laws among other details.

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1940

Weaver, Robert C., 1907-1997

Pamphlet

Title: "Racial Policy in Public Housing"

One pamphlet entitled, "Racial Policy in Public Housing," written by Robert C. Weaver dated 1940. Describes how African-Americans have been neglected by the federal government and the lack of a "racial policy" in America related to public housing.

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1938

United States Housing Authority

Pamphlet

Title: What the Housing Act Can do for Your City

One pamphlet entitled, "What the Housing Act Can do for Your City," dated 1938. Item concerns of the details of the United States Housing Act: created by Congress to address poor living conditions and unemployment; a plan to assist local public housing authorities and cities that would benefit from public housing.

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