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344A/1
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Martin Luther King Jr., 1957 December 5
: Dr. King speaking on the second anniversary of the resolutions meeting to boycott Montgomery buses. Tape starts on Side 2 and ends on Side 1.
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344A/1
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Montgomery, Alabama meeting, 1955 December 5
: Meeting at which Dr. King presided and spoke, and read the proposed resolution concerning the bus boycott in Montgomery.
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344A/2
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Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Washington Prayer vigil, 1957 May 17
: First one-fourth of playing time.
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344A/2
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Speech by Dr. King at the NAACP 47th annual convention, San Francisco, 1956 Summer
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344A/2-3
No.
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Speech by Roy Wilkins at the NAACP 47th annual convention, 1956 Summer
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344A/3
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s “Remaining Awake Through a Revolution,” 1960 April
: Speech to the Chicago Sunday Evening Club, reviewing the history of segregation in the U.S.
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344A/3
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[blank]
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Birmingham--Testament of Non-Violence, 1963 May 10-12
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344A/4
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Part I, 1963 May 10
: Tape opens with Dr. King's announcement of the Birmingham agreement; followed by a few interviews with people on the street; and then the evening meeting at the St. John's Church in Birmingham, where both Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy and Dr. King spoke, outlining terms of the settlement.
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344A/4
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Part II, “The Klan, Two Bombs, and a Riot,” 1963 May 11
: Recording of an open meeting of the Ku Klux Klan on the outskirts of Birmingham, led by Robert Shelton, Imperial Wizard. (Recording made by the Riverside Church of New York, WRUR-FM.)
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344A/4
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Regarding Bombings, 1963 May 11
: An account of the midnight bombings in Birmingham, and the rioting which followed. Short interviews with several, including Robert Shelton of the KKK, and Police Commissioner “Bull” Connor.
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344A/5
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[Duplicate of Tape 4, Side 2.]
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344A/5
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Part III, “Mother's Day in Birmingham, 1963” 1963 May 12
: First one-third of playing time is blank.
: An account of the day following the bombings and riots, including short statements by Rev. Abernathy, Dr. King, and Mrs. Gaston, of the Gaston Motel, which was bombed.
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344A/6
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Part IV?: First one-fifth of playing time is blank. - (1) Recording opens with last part of speech by Rev. Abernathy? predicting a break in segregation in Birmingham “soon.” Seems to be a “victory meeting” led by Dr. King.
- (2) There follows a recording of an excerpt from a speech by Robert Shelton of the KKK, at a meeting. This segment has no connection with what precedes and follows it.
- (3) Short interviews with white and Negro citizens.
- (4) Speeches to the “victory meeting,” by Rev. Paul L. Staff, Floyd Paterson, Jackie Robinson, and Cleveland Robinson.
- (5) Dr. Bayard Rustin of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (in 1963) discusses “the meaning of Birmingham.”
- (6) Commentary on Birmingham by writer James Baldwin.
- (7) Religious ballads and civil rights songs are interspersed throughout this tape.
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344A/6
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Part V, “Keep Birmingham Southern”
: Reactions of white citizens in Birmingham to integration efforts; including a speech by Arthur J. Hanes, mayor; a speech by Rev. Norman Jimerson, executive director of the Alabama Council on Human Rights; and many other residents.
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344A/7
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s “The economic power structure of the Negro community,” 1963 August 21
: Speech before the National Insurance Association (Negro).
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344A/7
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Martin Luther King Jr., 1963 October 18
: Speech before a meeting of the Citizens Civic Planning Committee, South Bend, Indiana (Notre Dame University Campus?), in behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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344A/8
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Walter Reuther followed by Martin Luther King Jr., speaking at the time of the March on Washington (CBS-TV), 1963 August 28
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344A/8
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[unintelligible]
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344A/9-10
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Interview with Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. at home in Atlanta, 1963 December 7
: Dr. King is interviewed by Donald H. Smith on Side 1, Mrs. King on Side 2, and both interviews are completed on tape #10.
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344A/11
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Interview with Harry Boyte, special assistant to Dr. King, 1963 December 2
: Smith interviews Boyte in the Atlanta office of the SCLC. Boyte describes his work in developing office staff for the SCLC, the organization's program, aspects of the racial situation in the South, and his personal evaluation of Dr. King.
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344A/11
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Interview with Dora McDonald, private secretary to Dr. King, 1963 December 2
: First one-third of side.
: Smith interviews McDonald concerning her SCLC job, office operations, and her appraisal of Dr. King.
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344A/11
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Donald H. Smith reading the address delivered by Dr. King at the First Annual Institute on Non-Violence and Social Change, 1956 December 3
: Meeting was under the auspices of the Montgomery Improvement Association. The address was delivered at the Holt Street Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama.
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344A/12
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Smith Interview with Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, an associate of Dr. King, and former president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, 1963 December
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344A/13
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Quotations from many newspapers relating to Dr. King and the civil rights movement, especially from southern papers, 1963 December
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344A/13
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Smith Interview with Wyatt T. Walker, staff director for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1963 December
: Rev. Walker discusses his own work as public relations man, his job as financial and fund raising manager, organizer, etc. He describes the way in which he set up and directed the demonstrations in Birmingham and relations between organizations such as NAACP, CORE and SNCC.
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344A/14
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Smith Interview with Prof. N.P. Tillman, Atlanta University, who taught Dr. King in King's sophomore year at Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1963 December 4
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344A/14
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Smith Interview with Prof. G. Louis Chandler, who taught Dr. King public speaking at Morehouse College, Atlanta, 1963 December 4
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