Tuskegee University ArchivesThe DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.http://localhost:8080/archive2017-02-23T17:58:24Z2017-02-23T17:58:24ZTuskegee Civic Association Meeting #2 [July 2, 1957]: K.L. Buford, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Martin Luther King Jr. ProgramJohnson, CharlesMcWilliams, Jaredhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9692017-02-21T20:23:59Z1957-07-02T00:00:00ZTuskegee Civic Association Meeting #2 [July 2, 1957]: K.L. Buford, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Program
Johnson, Charles; McWilliams, Jared
Program for July 2, 1957, mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) in the second month of the Tuskegee Boycott and Crusade for Citizenship. Main program includes speeches by K. L. Buford, a local minister and activist in Tuskegee, and civil rights leaders Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Preserved in the Tuskegee University Archives' TCA collection
This program preserves a historic July 2, 1957 mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) in the second month of the Tuskegee Boycott and Crusade for Citizenship. The main program includes a message from K. L. Buford, a local minister and activist in Tuskegee, and speeches of support by Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Devotions are delivered by E.G. Braxter, reports and remarks by C.G. Gomillion, President of the TCA, and the Financial Appeal by S. T. Martin. TCA called a mass meeting in response to Senate Bill 219, a bill sponsored by Macon County state senator and White Citizens' Council leader Sam Engelhardt. SB 219 dramatically redrew the Tuskegee city limits, in order to gerrymander all but 5 registered black voters out of the city. At the moment of crisis, these historic speeches urged the community to "get in it," and called for endurance and unity in the struggles to overturn SB 219 and to end second-class citizenship in Macon County. The program has been preserved in the Tuskegee University Archives' TCA collection.
1957-07-02T00:00:00ZMartin Luther King Jr., at Tuskegee Civic Association MeetingMcWilliams, Jaredhttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9672017-02-21T20:38:22Z1957-07-02T00:00:00ZMartin Luther King Jr., at Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting
McWilliams, Jared
Photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., at the July 2, 1957, mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) in the second month of the Tuskegee Boycott and Crusade for Citizenship. Scanned negative photograph preserved in the Tuskegee University Archives' TCA photograph collection. An audio recording of the event can be found in the TCA audio collection.
This photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., preserves a historic July 2, 1957, mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) in the second month of the Tuskegee Boycott and Crusade for Citizenship. The main program included a message from K. L. Buford, a local minister and activist in Tuskegee, and speeches of support by Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Devotions are delivered by E.G. Braxter, reports and remarks by C.G. Gomillion, President of the TCA, and the Financial Appeal by S. T. Martin. TCA called a mass meeting in response to Senate Bill 219, a bill sponsored by Macon County state senator and White Citizens' Council leader Sam Engelhardt. SB 219 dramatically redrew the Tuskegee city limits, in order to gerrymander all but 5 registered black voters out of the city. At the moment of crisis, these historic speeches urged the community to "get in it," and called for endurance and unity in the struggles to overturn SB 219 and to end second-class citizenship in Macon County. The photograph has been scanned from a black at white negative preserved in the Tuskegee University Archives' TCA photograph collection. An audio recording of the event can be found in the TCA audio collection.
1957-07-02T00:00:00ZMuhammad Ali at Logan Hall, Tuskegee InstituteMcWilliams, JaredJohnson, Charleshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9652017-02-09T20:12:47Z1966-11-23T00:00:00ZMuhammad Ali at Logan Hall, Tuskegee Institute
McWilliams, Jared; Johnson, Charles
On November 23, 1966, the Tuskegee Institute SGA brought the Heavyweight Champ of the World Muhammad Ali, as part of his college speaking tour, to Tuskegee to talk to the students before the Cramton Bowl Classic. Before Muhammad Ali spoke, Tuskegee’s Coach Leroy Smith took the stage to discuss the next day’s rivalry game versus Alabama State University. Ali would then go on to discuss his life since defeating Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome, his conversion to the Nation of Islam, and his decision to change his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. Ali then discussed his views on the efforts of the major Civil Rights leaders and their movement to seek equality. Minister John Shabazz, of Los Angeles, travelled with Ali on this college tour. Ali brought Shabazz on stage to talk about the “Standards of Greatness” in the Nation of Islam and the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Ali ends the talk by reciting a poem about his fight against Terrell, discussing the “Phantom Punch” in the Liston fight, and showing off the “Ali Shuffle.” This event was recorded on a 7-inch reel-to-reel and digitized by the Tuskegee University Archives.
On November 23, 1966, the Tuskegee Institute SGA brought the Heavyweight Champ of the World Muhammad Ali, as part of his college speaking tour, to Tuskegee to talk to the students before the Cramton Bowl Classic. Before Muhammad Ali spoke, Tuskegee’s Coach Leroy Smith took the stage to discuss the next day’s rivalry game versus Alabama State University. Ali would then go on to discuss his life since defeating Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome, his conversion to the Nation of Islam, and his decision to change his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. Ali then discussed his views on the efforts of the major Civil Rights leaders and their movement to seek equality. Minister John Shabazz, of Los Angeles, travelled with Ali on this college tour. Ali brought Shabazz on stage to talk about the “Standards of Greatness” in the Nation of Islam and the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Ali ends the talk by reciting a poem about his fight against Terrell, discussing the “Phantom Punch” in the Liston fight, and showing off the “Ali Shuffle.” This event was recorded on a 7-inch reel-to-reel and digitized by the Tuskegee University Archives.
1966-11-23T00:00:00ZTuskegee Civc Association Meeting #103 [June 23, 1959]: Frank J. Toland, W.C. Patton, W.P. Mitchell, Jackie RobinsonMcWilliams, JaredJohnson, Charleshttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9642017-02-10T20:29:51Z1959-06-23T00:00:00ZTuskegee Civc Association Meeting #103 [June 23, 1959]: Frank J. Toland, W.C. Patton, W.P. Mitchell, Jackie Robinson
McWilliams, Jared; Johnson, Charles
TCA mass meeting on the second anniversary of the Crusade for Citizenship, June 23, 1959. Frank J. Toland recounts the history of the Crusade for Citizenship in Tuskegee. The Brooklyn Dodgers' baseball star Jackie Robinson gives support to the TCA’s crusade and praises the example that the Tuskegee movement was setting for the country. Recorded on a 7″ reel-to-reel and digitized by the Tuskegee University Archives.
This Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) mass meeting, featuring an appearance by Jackie Robinson, took place on the second anniversary of start of the TCA’s Crusade for Citizenship, on June 23, 1959. The crusade was a voter registration and civil rights campaign that started in 1957 to fight Senate Bill 291, which gerrymandered the city limits to remove the black voter population from the city. The meeting started with a devotion from T.H. Brown and remarks from Professor Frank Toland. Toland gave a brief history of the Crusade for Citizenship in Tuskegee as part of his remarks. The Mount Olive Senior Choir led the music, followed by the financial appeal from W.C. Patton, and W.P. Mitchell introduced the main speaker for the night’s meeting. The Brooklyn Dodgers' baseball star Jackie Robinson gave a speech in support of the TCA’s crusade and praised the example that the Tuskegee movement was setting for the country. This meeting was recorded on a 7-inch reel-to-reel and digitized by the Tuskegee University Archives.
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