King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred and Bernice Ligon Aquarian Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2015-001
Abstract
This collection contains archival materials and rare books related to Alfred and Bernice Ligon as the proprietors and founders of The Aquarian Book Shop and Aquarian Spiritual Center in Los Angeles, CA; their interests in African American history and culture; and studies and teaching of metaphysics, occultism and black gnostic studies. The archival collection concentrates on the operations and events of the Book Shop, curriculum of the Spiritual Center, and African American culture. The rare...
Dates:
Late 1800s - 2014; Bulk 1941-1996
Black History Pamphlets Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2022-064
Abstract
This collection contains pamphlets, ephemera, booklets, joutrnals, comic books, and other materials related to Black history in the last 200 years. Subjects include slavery, economics, Black/White relations, as well as noted Black figures, including Rev. Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Anglea Davis, Huey Newton, Paul Robeson, C.L.R. James, and Amanda Smith. Publications include Black journals, zines, and comic books introducing Black superheroes.
Dates:
ca. 1890-2018
Jacquelyn Stewart Black and Local History Subject File Collection
Collection
Identifier: SPC-2023-042
Scope and Contents
The Jacquelyn Stewart Black and Local History Subject File Collection (1966-2020; undated) contains three boxes of newspapers, articles, calendars, brochures, pamphlets, flyers, postcards, funeral and memorial service programs, and other material related to Black history and Los Angeles area history. Featured topics and people in this collection are: Colonel Allensworth, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Barack Obama, Harriet Tubman, Ray Charles, West Adams, Central Ave, Carson, and the Del...
Dates:
1966-2020; undated
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- African Americans -- Poetry 2
- African Americans -- Politics and government 2
- Racism 2
- African American Jews 1
- African American authors 1
- African American book collectors 1
- African American women poets 1
- African Americans -- Comic books, strips, etc 1
- African Americans -- Fiction 1
- African Americans -- History 1
- African Americans -- Intellectual life 1
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction 1
- African Americans -- Social conditions 1
- American drama -- African American authors 1
- Anti-racism 1
- Antislavery movements 1
- Astrology 1
- Black Muslims 1
- Black nationalism 1
- Black people -- Egypt 1
- Black people -- History 1
- Black people -- Religion 1
- Black theology 1
- Booksellers and bookselling 1
- Carson (Calif.) 1
- Chapbooks 1
- Civil Rights Movement 1
- Communism -- United States -- History -- 20th century 1
- Drama -- Black authors 1
- Egypt -- Civilization 1
- Ephemera 1
- Equality 1
- Existentialism 1
- Gnosticism 1
- Harlem Renaissance 1
- Interracial marriage 1
- Jesus Christ -- New Age movement interpretations 1
- Jesus Christ -- Words -- Extra-canonical parallels 1
- Labor movement 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History 1
- Magic 1
- Metaphysics 1
- New Age movement 1
- Newspapers 1
- Occultism 1
- Pan-Africanism 1
- Poetry -- Black authors 1
- Race 1
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- Race relations 1
- Racially mixed people 1
- Slavery -- United States -- History 1
- Spiritualism 1
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