004 Tuskegee Civic Association Meetings, Speeches, and Records
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Audio recordings and digitized materials from the Tuskegee Civic Association, a major civil rights group active in Tuskegee and Macon County 1941-1979. The collection focuses on 1956-1959 and includes recordings of mass meetings and major speeches by civil rights pioneers and community activists including K.L. Buford, C.G. Gomillion, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, Martin Luther King, and Jackie Robinson.
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Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting #35 [March 4, 1958]
(Tuskegee University Archives, 2018-03-19)Audio recording of the 35th mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association held March 4, 1958. Main program includes remarks about the legislature's decisions on desegregation in the South and a financial appeal by ... -
Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting #43 [May 6, 1958]: Election Day
(Tuskegee University Archives, 2018-02-28)Audio recording of the 43rd mass meeting called by the Tuskegee Civic Association during election day, held May 6, 1958. Main program includes remarks about governor campaign by T.C.A president Dr.Gomillion and message ... -
Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting #1 [June 25, 1957]: The announcement of the Tuskegee Boycott. K. L. Buford, D. W. Wynn, Charles G. Gomillion, S. T. Martin
(2017-05-31)Audio recording of the first mass meeting called during the Tuskegee Civic Association (TCA) Crusade for Citizenship, held June 25, 1957, and the first public announcement of the Tuskegee Boycott. Main program includes ... -
Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting #2 [July 2, 1957]: K.L. Buford, Fred Shuttlesworth, Ralph David Abernathy, and Martin Luther King Jr. Program
(2017-02-21)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 ... -
Martin Luther King Jr., at Tuskegee Civic Association Meeting
(P. H. Polk, 2017-02-10)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. The photograph was taken by ...
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