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Martin Luther King Broadside



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Title: Martin Luther King Broadside
Description: "Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin legislator David Obey, while civil rights legislation was being debated in Wisconsin. The image of King at the Highlander Folk school was widely distributed to demonstrate King's left-wing connections. Four people are numbered and named on the broadside: 1. Martin Luther King, 2. Abner W. Berry, 3. Aubrey Williams, 4. Myles Horton. Rosa Parks can also be seen, the woman on the far left, in the front row.
Image ID: 94962
Creation
Date: 		1963 
Creator
Name: 		Augusta Courier
City, State: Tennessee
Collection
Name: 		Obey, David R., Papers
Genre: Broadsides
Additional
Information: 		Hand-written on the edges of the broadside, "He's dangerous, Rich, fat, sassy & powerful", "He's not non violent", and "Send King & all Riot leaders to Russia or back to Africa."

See Image ID: 52885 for another image taken the same day, with the camera on the left side of the room.
Subjects: Schools
Race relations
African Americans
Audiences
Civil rights
 

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