- unitid
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{"value"=>"3154543", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1936-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1986"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Civil Rights and Political Activities"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>This series documents Reddick's political activities, most notably his involvement with the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. There is significant material from the Montgomery Improvement Association and Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which Reddick served as the historian and held positions on the board and various committees. There are also files documenting Reddick's relationship with Martin Luther King outside of these organizations, including copies of King's speeches collected by Reddick, as well as Reddick's documents and notes from traveling with King to India in 1959 (as well as a much smaller amount from his travel to Oslo when King was awarded the Nobel Prize). Outside of these years, there is also material on Reddick's work with the NAACP, beginning in the 1930s with a survey he conducted of American history textbooks, as well as his activities in the 1970s and 1980s with groups such as Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH and the National Black Political Convention.</p>"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>These files are arranged alphabetically.</p>"}
- date_start
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1936
- keydate
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1936
- date_end
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1986
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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1986