The Archive: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change

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Title:The Archive: The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Date:1929-2006
Description:

The King Center Archive Collection Web site presents correspondence, personal writings, photographs, and printed material belonging to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and members of his family, including his widow, Coretta Scott King; these digitized materials are part of a collection of more than one million items held by the King Center. The collection documents King's central role in the Civil Rights movement, demonstrates the impact of his life and leadership, and represents his efforts to promote nonviolent social change, economic justice, and peace. The digital collection is accessible from the King Center's homepage, and is presented as one of several online resources including a glossary on nonviolence and a bibliography covering works written by and about King and members of his family, the Civil Rights movement and nonviolence.

Types:Correspondence | Photographs
Subjects:King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Archives | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Correspondence | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Influence | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Speeches, addresses, etc. | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Family | King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 | King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006--Correspondence | Nonviolence--United States | United States--Race relations--History--20th century | United States--Social conditions--20th century | Poor--Social conditions--20th century | Poor--United States | Poverty--United States | African Americans--United States | African Americans--Civil rights | African American civil rights workers | Civil rights workers | Civil rights--United States | Civil rights movements--United States | Human rights--United States | Peace | Nobel Prize winners--United States | Segregation--United States | Social justice--United States | United States, 37.09024, -95.712891
Institution:Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Contributors:Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Persistent Link to Item:http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/