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| Creator: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 |
| Title: | Letter on Death of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Date: | 1968 Apr. 11 |
| Description: | Letter dated April 11, 1968 from United States senator Albert Gore in response to a telegraph from a doctor in Nashville, Tennessee. Gore acknowledges the doctor's objection to the presidential order to fly the flag at half-mast following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Gore explains that the president has the authority to issue such an order, and promises to keep the doctor's comments in mind if legislation is introduced to limit the president's authority. He ends by pledging to continue "to work for appropriate solutions for the underlying causes of unrest and dissension." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Identifying information has been removed to protect the identities of private citizens. The University of Tennessee Libraries (Knoxville, Tennessee) is the digital publisher. The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. |
| Types: | Letters (correspondence) |
| Subjects: | Gore, Albert, 1907-1998 | King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Assassination | Legislators--United States | Politicians--Tennessee | Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis | African American civil rights workers--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis | Civil rights workers--Violence against--Tennessee--Memphis | Flags--Law and legislation--United States | Physicians--Tennessee--Nashville | Nashville (Tenn.) | Davidson County (Tenn.) | Tennessee | United States |
| Collection: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection |
| Institution: | Albert Gore Research Center (Middle Tennessee State University) |
| Contributors: | Volunteer Voices (Project) | Albert Gore Research Center (Murfreesboro, Tenn.) |
| Online Publisher: | Knoxville, Tenn. : Volunteer Voices | 2007-07-20 |
| Original Material: | Albert Gore Sr. Senate Collection, D31, "1968 Death of M.L. King Jr.", Albert Gore Sr. Research Center, Murfreesboro, Tennessee |
| Rights and Usage: | For current rights information, please visit: http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200600000001200 |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://idserver.utk.edu/?id=200700000002573 |
