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Southern Christian Leadership Conference [SCLC Donation Envelope, Dollars for Freedom]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09641.20 Author/Creator: Southern Christian Leadership Conference Place Written: Atlanta, Georgia Type: Envelope Date: 1957 Pagination: 1 envelope Height: 8 cm, Width: 13.9 cm Order a Copy

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.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Abernathy, Ralph, 1926-1990
1945 to the Present
Civil Rights Movement
Financial Aid
Race discrimination
African American History
The Civil Rights Movement

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