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Subseries 2.4
President Martin Luther King, III files, 1997-2003
Boxes 163 - 166
Biographical Note
Martin Luther King, III was born on October 23, 1957, and is the eldest son of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. He was raised, along with his three siblings Yolanda, Dexter and Bernice, in the Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Morehouse College, where he received a bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1979. King was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in 1987 and served in that role until 1993. He became President of SCLC in 1997 following the retirement of Joseph E. Lowery. King held the position until 2004. He has subsequently served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists of records from the presidency of Martin Luther King, III, including correspondence, office files and writings. Office files comprise both materials relating to the administration of SCLC and King's activities and interests outside of the organization. Materials in this subseries are minimal and incomplete.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type, then in chronological or alphabetical order.
Restrictions on Access
Special restrictions apply: Legal records relating to court cases are closed for 25 years from the date of their creation, with the exception of briefs and motions filed with the court.
| Correspondence | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 163 | 1 | Undated |
| 163 | 2 | 1997-1998 |
| 163 | 3 | 1999 |
| 163 | 4 | 2000 |
| 163 | 5 | 2001 |
| 163 | 6 | 2002 |
| 163 | 7 | 2003 January |
| 163 | 8 | 2003 February-March |
| 163 | 9 | 2003 April-May |
| 164 | 1 | 2003 June-July |
| 164 | 2 | 2003 August |
| 164 | 3 | 2003 September-October |
| Office files | ||
| 164 | 4 | Alabama Primary Election Tour with Martin Luther King, III, 1998 |
| 164 | 5 | Biographical sketches, undated |
| 164 | 6 | Black consumerism, 2002 |
| 164 | 7 | Board of Directors, 2001 |
| 164 | 8 | Chemical Weapons Working Group, National Action for Safe Chemical Weapons Disposal and Justice, 2002 |
| 164 | 9 | Criticism and responses, 2001 |
| 164 | 10 | The Estate of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2003 |
| 164 | 11 | Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, 2003 |
| 164 | 12 | Get Out the Vote message in support of Mark Shriver for Congress, 2002 |
| 164 | 13 | Interview requests, 1998 |
| 164 | 14 | Interviews and media appearances, 1998-2000 |
| 164 | 15 | Jennings, Dorothy Corry, 2000 |
| 164 | 16 | Legal records, IOS Capital, Inc. v. Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Inc., 2003 [RESTRICTED] |
| 164 | 17 | Legal records, SCLC v. SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., 2003 [RESTRICTED] |
| 164 | 18 | Life Skills Academy, undated |
| 164 | 19 | Mail logs, 2003 |
| 164 | 20 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, 2003 |
| 164 | 21 | Meeting agendas and minutes, 2000-2002 |
| 164 | 22 | Memoranda, 2001-2003 |
| 164 | 23 | National Convention, 41st annual, 1998 |
| 164 | 24 | New Pilgrim Baptist Church, Birmingham, Alabama, 2000 |
| 165 | 1 | Notes, undated |
| 165 | 2 | Opportunities Industrialization Centers of America, 2001 |
| 165 | 3 | Resolution supporting Don King, 1999 |
| 165 | 4 | Schedules and itineraries, 1998-2000 |
| 165 | 5 | SCLC Pre-Employment Skills Development Program, undated |
| 165 | 6 | SCLC Presidential Inauguration, Landover, Maryland, July 25, 1998 |
| 165 | 7 | SCLC three year strategic plan, 2002-2004 (draft), 2001 |
| 165 | 8 | Shuttlesworth, Fred, 2003 |
| 165 | 9 | "Six Steps for Nonviolent Social Change," and "Six Principles of Nonviolence," undated |
| 165 | 10 | Speaking engagements, 1998-2002 |
| 165 | 11 | Talking points with Secretary Madeline Albright and Martin Luther King, III, undated |
| Writings | ||
| 165 | 12 | Undated, fragments |
| 165 | 13 | Undated, Speech, "In the Proper Context" |
| 165 | 14 | Undated, Speech, Keepers of the Dream Awards Banquet, third annual |
| 165 | 15 | Undated, Speech, untitled |
| 165 | 16 | Undated, Speech, untitled draft |
| 165 | 17 | Undated, Speech, untitled draft |
| 165 | 18 | Undated, Statement "in support of the crackdown on housing discrimination begun by President Clinton and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Andrew Cuomo" |
| 165 | 19 | Undated, Unidentified writings |
| 165 | 20 | 1997 November 1, Speech, presidential acceptance, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 165 | 21 | 1998 circa, Statement on the Annual Convention of Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and The Citizenship Education Fund |
| 165 | 22 | 1998, Speech, "Unfinished Business: From Sentiment to Movement," commemorative committee, 30th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 165 | 23 | 1998, Statement regarding the status of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N. |
| 165 | 24 | 1998 January 15, "Statement of Martin Luther King, III on Assuming Presidential Leadership of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference" |
| 165 | 25 | 1998 September 6, Speech, Million Youth March |
| 165 | 26 | 1998 October 8, Statement pertaining to the death penalty |
| 165 | 27 | 1999, Speech, NAACP Youth address |
| 165 | 28 | 1999 January 18, Speech, prayer breakfast for Governor-elect Don Seigleman, Birmingham, Alabama |
| 165 | 29 | 1999 January 20, Speech, "Saving America from Itself and Casting off the Imprints of the Past," Hungry Club Forum, Butler Street YMCA, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 165 | 30 | 1999 January 29, Statement on the unveiling of the Heritage Crest, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 165 | 31 | 1999 March 7, Speech, "We Took the Ballot, Now We Must Change the Box," anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Selma, Alabama |
| 165 | 32 | 1999 April 1, Statement, "Supporting the International Conference on Global Nonviolence Education and Training" |
| 165 | 33 | 1999 April 3, Statement on the National Emergency March for Justice against Police Brutality |
| 165 | 34 | 1999 April 4, Speech, "The Challenge," wreath laying ceremony, 31st anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| 165 | 35 | 1999 April 13, Speech, "Saving America from Itself," SCLC annual spring board meeting |
| 165 | 36 | 1999 April 13, Statement on SCLC's annual spring board meeting |
| 165 | 37 | 1999 May 8, Statement at the MOVE commemoration rally |
| 165 | 38 | 1999 July 15, Speech, Affirmative Action rally, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 166 | 1 | 1999 August 27, Statement, teach-in and press briefing to look at hate crimes in America, Washington, D.C. |
| 166 | 2 | 1999 September 10, Speech, "On the Passing of James Farmer" |
| 166 | 3 | 1999 December 22, Speech, Center for Democratic Renewal, Atlanta, Georgia |
| 166 | 4 | 2000, Speech, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina |
| 166 | 5 | 2000 January 12, Speech, International Committee to Save the Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal |
| 166 | 6 | 2000 March 5, Statement on the anniversary of Bloody Sunday |
| 166 | 7 | 2000 March 11, Speech, "We've Come too Far to Turn Back Now!" conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery re-enactment, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, Montgomery, Alabama |
| 166 | 8 | 2000 May 14, Statement on the Million Mom March, Washington, D.C. |
| 166 | 9 | 2000 October 3, Speech, "Revisiting the Beloved Community: Millennium Mandate-Inclusion, not Exclusion!!!" March for Justice Rally, Washington, D.C. |
| 166 | 10 | 2001, Statement, "Moral Challenge," Freehold Borough City Council meeting regarding police brutality |
| 166 | 11 | 2001 June 4, "Statement for Gun Buyback video" |
| 166 | 12 | 2001 August 10, Statement on the protest demonstration of the Cherry hearing on the 1963 bombing of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama |
| 166 | 13 | 2001 August 25, Statement, "United Nations/Reverend Al Sharpton" |
| 166 | 14 | 2001 August 28, Statement on the Anniversary Commemoration of the 1963 March on Washington |
| 166 | 15 | 2001 August 28, Statement in support of the Ralph David Abernathy MARTA station at West End |
| 166 | 16 | 2001 October 4, Speech, "The Hour of Peace," Day of Peace, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa |
| 166 | 17 | 2002, Speech, Smoking and African Americans |
| 166 | 18 | 2002 March, Speech, "World Peace through Olympic Ideals," Economist Conference, Athens, Greece |
| 166 | 19 | 2002 April 4, Speech |
| 166 | 20 | 2002 July 21, Speech, Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio |
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