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King, Martin Luther Jr. (1929-1968) Typewritten Speech, delivered at Yale

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07706 Author/Creator: King, Martin Luther Jr. (1929-1968) Place Written: [New Haven, Conn.] Type: Typed document Date: 14 January 1959 Pagination: 11 p. 27.5 x 21.5 cm Order a Copy

One speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. January 14, 1959 before the faculty and students at Yale University. The speech is regarding the future of integration. He provides a brief survey of race relations in the past and discusses the roadblocks in place for the desegregation movement. These blocks include; public officials, the Ku Klux Klan, and "white councils." He also outlines the possible solutions and ways that desegregation is being pushed thorough to spite the opposition.

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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