The King Center - Atlanta, GA

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[edit] Address and Contact Info

Address: The King Center 449 Auburn Avenue, NE Atlanta, GA 30312

Telephone & fax: (404) 526-8900

Website: The King Center

Principal contacts for the collection: archives@thekingcenter.org.

[edit] Hours and Usage Restrictions

The records of the King Library and Archives are made available for historical research at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. The King Library and Archives will make every attempt to honor research requests, however due to staff limitations, requests are handled on a case-by-case basis. Advance reservations are required and a small fee may be charged for materials (postage, copies, etc.). For additional information on the King Library and Archives, please direct inquiries to archives@thekingcenter.org.

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[edit] Collection Summary

Major Collections

Organizational Records 

  1. The Papers of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) (1944-1968)
  2. The Records of the Coordinating Council of Community Organizations (1944-1968)
  3. The Records of the Delta Ministry (1964-1968)
  4. The Records of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP) (1964-1965)
  5. The National Lawyers Guild Records (NLG)* (1936-1968)
  6. The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Records  (1954-1970)
  7. The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Records (1959-1972)
  8. The Records of the United States National Students Association Southern Project (1957-1969)

Manuscript Collections 

  1. The Papers of J. T. Alexander (1891-1960s)
  2. The Papers of Randolph Battle (1962-1968)
  3. The Julian Bond Papers (1964-1968)
  4. The Ben Brown Papers (1956-1979)
  5. The Papers of Johnny Carr (1956-1979)
  6. The Septima P. Clark Papers (1963-1967)
  7. The Papers of Fred Gray (1956-1964)
  8. The Papers of Hazel Gregory (1956-1965)
  9. The Papers of Hamilton Holmes (1955-1964)
 10. The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr.* (1929-1968)
 11. The Papers of Howard Moore (1964-1968)
 12. The Papers of Fred W. Shuttleworth (1953-1969)

Audio-Visual and Oral History Collections 

  1. The Civil Rights Film Collection
  2. The Civil Rights Oral History Collection
  3. Confersations from Widespread Collection
  4. The James Forman Collection
  5. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center Tape Collection
  6. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center Speaks Collection
  7. The Anne Romaine Oral History Collection
  8. The Donald H. Smith Oral History Collection
  9. The Maggie Wanza Collection
 10. The Wesleyan tapes
 11. The Hosea Williams Collection
  • Access may be restricted

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The King Library and Archives in Atlanta is the world’s largest repository of primary source materials on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement.


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