{"value"=>"<p>The correspondence files include both personal and professional, incoming and outgoing letters. Personal correspondents include Reddick's wife Ella Ruth Reddick, sister Fan Diaz, brother Harold Reddick, and his longtime friend St. Clair Drake. Much of the correspondence is with academic acquaintances: former students, teachers, and colleagues, often regarding conferences, articles, and other projects. There is also correspondence with many civil rights leaders, including Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, Ralph and Juanita Abernathy, A. Philip Randolph, and Bayard Rustin, many of whom are also represented in various professional files. Correspondence with publishers such as Doubleday and Harper and Brothers are also present, as well as various letters to the editor Reddick wrote to newspapers including <span class=\"title\">The New York Times</span> and <span class=\"title\">The Times-Picayune</span>.</p>"}