Box LGL.02

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Folder group contains coverage of events, activities, holidays, monuments, and sites named in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the years following his death. For memorials held in 1968, see MLK - Funerals.

Scope and Contents Includes 1935 correspondence regarding University of Maryland refusing admission to negro applicants. Includes a transcript of a 1954 conversation between Carl Murphy and Judge William Cole. Includes a copy of the complete Maryland Court of Appeals which orders the University of Maryland to admit Donald Gaines Murray, a Negro student, to the law school of the University. Includes clipping with headline that reads "Maryland U, First to Drop Race Bar, Enrolls 20 Negroes." Includes photographs...

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Kenneth Neal was arraigned in Northwestern District Court on charges of abduction and assault in the kidnapping of Danielle Shoulders, daughter of Donzella Peters.

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Includes photograph of Mary McLeod Bethune at Union Air Line's flagship christening.

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Coverage of the 2nd International Convocation of the United Church of Jesus Christ, Apostolic

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Includes a petition to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations on behalf of the National Negro Congress of the United States

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Includes coverage of the United Negro College Fund's galas held by various chapters of the Women's Committee of the UNCF and the crowning of Miss United Negro College Fund.