Letter to Roberta Tate from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
date: label: Date
content: December 24, 1958
name: label: Written by
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
label: Received by
content: Roberta M. Tate, American, 1912 - 2011
label: Signed by
content: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story, published in 1958, is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic account of the 1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott.
label: Description
content: Typewritten letter from Martin Luther King Jr. to Roberta Tate. The letter is signed by King in black ink and is dated December 24, 1958. The letterhead is printed in black at the top in a gothic font. The letter begins with "Dear Miss Tate: This is just a note to acknowledge receipt of your very kind letter..." The back of the document is blank.
place: label: Place made
content: Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Passaic, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Correspondence
label: Topic
content: Social reform
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
label: Movement
content: Civil Rights Movement
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Jyl C. Woolfolk
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.166.2
objectType: label: Type
content: letters (correspondence)
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)