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File Name	Q25058 - Q25060, Q25068
Item Title	"Heed Their Rising Voices."
Description	Copy of an advertisement published in The New York Times by the Committee to Defend Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Freedom in the South. The ad describes nonviolent civil rights demonstrations across the South, specifically mentioning a protest by Alabama State College students in Montgomery, Alabama. It then discusses Martin Luther King, Jr., and the efforts of "Southern violators" whose "real purpose is to remove him physically as the leader to whom the students and millions of others--look for guidance and support, and then to intimidate all leaders who may rise in the South." In closing, the advertisement asks readers to donate money for the legal defense of King (who faces perjury charges) and of all "who are taking the risks, facing jail, and even death in a glorious re-affirmation of our Constitution and its Bill of Rights." Following the main text is a list of sponsors and officers of the committee, which includes many celebrities and well-known civil rights leaders. Also included is a typed draft of the ad, which omits the names of the sponsors. L. B. Sullivan, police commissioner of Montgomery, Alabama, filed a libel suit against The New York Times in response to this advertisement; the first copy here is stamped "Exhibit A" so it was probably used in the trial.
Date	1960 March 29
Sort by date	1960-03-29
Time Period	1960-1969
Subject	King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 African Americans--Civil rights--Alabama African Americans--Civil rights--Southern States Alabama--Race relations Civil rights movements--Alabama Civil rights movements--Southern States Southern States--Race relations
Format	Newspapers Clippings Advertisements
Voyager Number	v32895
Author	Nachman, M. Roland
Collection or Series Title	M. Roland Nachman, Jr., records from New York Times vs. Sullivan and related cases
Box Number	LPR252, Box 1
Folder Number	2; 8
Folder Title	Copies of the New York Times ad, 1960; Circuit court paperwork 1960
Catalog Record	http://adahcat.archives.alabama.gov:81/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=32895
Repository	Alabama Dept. of Archives and History, 624 Washington Ave., Montgomery, AL 36130
Language	English
Rights	This material may be protected under U. S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S. Code) which governs the making of photocopies or reproductions of copyrighted materials. You may use the digitized material for private study, scholarship, or research. Though ADAH has physical ownership of the material in its collections, in some cases we may not own the copyright to the material. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in our collections.
Digital Format	600 dpi tiff
Project Name	Alabama History Education Initiative
Digital image reproduction form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/photo_order_form.pdf
Permission to publish form	http://www.archives.alabama.gov/referenc/private2.pdf
Upload batch	Malone (text) 2010.06-A
Date created	2010-07-27

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