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Subject Civic leaders--Tennessee--Memphis Contributing Institution Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

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1. Letter, Nov. 22, A.D. 1993, Jackson, Tennessee to Lt. Governor John S. Wilder

Creator:: Branch, Lee E.
Date of Original:: 1993-11-22
Collection:: African-American Life in Memphis, Tenn.
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

2. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Daisy Bates address Freedom Rally

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1959-07-31
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

3. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaks at Freedom Rally, Memphis, TN

Creator:: Withers, Ernest C., 1922-2007
Date of Original:: 1959-07-31
Collection:: Memphis civil rights photograph collection
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

4. Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee, to Hollingsworth, Gordon in Germantown, Tennessee

Creator:: Orgill, Edmund
Date of Original:: 1956-03-15
Collection:: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

5. Nettles, D.T. in Memphis, Tennessee, to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee

Date of Original:: 1956-03-05
Collection:: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

6. Anonymous in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee

Creator:: Orgill, Edmund
Date of Original:: 1956-02-29
Collection:: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room

7. Bailey in Memphis, Tennessee to Orgill, Edmund in Memphis, Tennessee

Creator:: Orgill, Edmund
Date of Original:: 1956-02-16
Collection:: Edmund Orgill Papers
Contributing Institution:: Memphis Public Library. Memphis and Shelby County Room