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Robert R. Church Family Papers

N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail from the family of Memphis African American businessman, Robert R. Church.

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Publisher
Robert R. Church Family Papers, MS 71, University of Memphis Special Collections, Memphis, Tennessee

Date of Original
1959/1963

People
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Location
United States, Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, 33.52066, -86.80249

Medium
printed materials

Type
Text

Description
Papers of Memphis African American businessman Robert R. Church and his family. Civil rights-related materials include a N.A.A.C.P. card and reprinting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham City Jail.

Metadata URL
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-0071-church/

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Volunteer Voices (Project)

Contributing Institution
University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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1. Letter from Birmingham City Jail

Creator:: Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968
Date of Original:: 1963-05
Collection:: Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

2. NAACP Membership card

Creator:: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date of Original:: 1959
Collection:: Robert R. Church Family Papers
Contributing Institution:: University of Memphis. Libraries. Special Collections Department

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