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Letter - August 30, 1957

Martin Luther King Jr.1957-08-30

Richard Nixon Foundation

Richard Nixon Foundation
Yorba Linda, United States

On August 30th, King wrote a two-page letter to Nixon. After explaining his silence since their June meeting (because of his busy schedule), he brought Nixon up to date on the civil rights situation as he saw it. He described his conviction that the impact of the 1957 Civil Rights Act that Nixon had been instrumental in successfully steering through Congress, would depend “on the program of a sustained mass movement on the part of Negroes.”In the letter’s last two paragraphs, King wrote positively about his impression of, and hopes for, the Vice President as a positive and proactive force for civil rights.

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  • Title: Letter - August 30, 1957
  • Creator: Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Date Created: 1957-08-30
  • Type: Letter
  • Rights: Richard Nixon Foundation
Richard Nixon Foundation

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