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KING, Martin Luther, Jr., Civil Rights Leader. Typed letter signed ("Martin L. King, Jr.") as President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) to Richard E. Streclecky, Atlanta, Ga., 7 February 1964. 1 page, 4to, 215 x 280mm. (8 1/2 x 11 in.), on SCLC stationery, in fine condition. [With] A copy of TIME Magazine, 3 January 1964, with King shown on the cover as "Man of the Year."
BEING CHOSEN AS TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR "IS NOT AN HONOR TO BE ENJOYED BY ME PERSONALLY, BUT RATHER A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE..."
In this typically eloquent letter, Dr. King thanks an admirer. "Please accept my deep appreciation for your kind letter in reference to my being chosen by TIME magazine as its Man of the Year." King adds that he "was pleased that TIME considered me for this traditional honor and was willing to make liberal use of its pages in an assessment of the Negro's constant struggle for full equality and human dignity. However, I must say that I sincerely feel that this particular recognition is not an honor to be enjoyed by me personally, but rather a tribute to the entire civil rights struggle and the millions of gallant people all over the nation who are working so untiringly to bring the American dream into reality. The fact that TIME took such cognizance of the social revolution in which we are engaged is an indication that the conscience of America has been reached and that the old order which has embraced bigotry and discrimination must now yield to what we know to be right and just." (2)
BEING CHOSEN AS TIME'S MAN OF THE YEAR "IS NOT AN HONOR TO BE ENJOYED BY ME PERSONALLY, BUT RATHER A TRIBUTE TO THE ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS STRUGGLE..."
In this typically eloquent letter, Dr. King thanks an admirer. "Please accept my deep appreciation for your kind letter in reference to my being chosen by TIME magazine as its Man of the Year." King adds that he "was pleased that TIME considered me for this traditional honor and was willing to make liberal use of its pages in an assessment of the Negro's constant struggle for full equality and human dignity. However, I must say that I sincerely feel that this particular recognition is not an honor to be enjoyed by me personally, but rather a tribute to the entire civil rights struggle and the millions of gallant people all over the nation who are working so untiringly to bring the American dream into reality. The fact that TIME took such cognizance of the social revolution in which we are engaged is an indication that the conscience of America has been reached and that the old order which has embraced bigotry and discrimination must now yield to what we know to be right and just." (2)