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{"value"=>"3420020", "type"=>"local_mss"}
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{"value"=>"1956-1957", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1956/1957"}
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{"value"=>"Subseries III.C. Madison Square Garden Civil Rights Rally Committee"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Sponsored by a coalition of religious, labor, civic, and fraternal groups, the rally raised funds and support for activists in the Deep South working to desegregate communities after the 1954 <em>Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education</em> decision.</p>"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Subseries III.C., dated from 1956 to 1957, chronicles the organizational efforts of holding a civil rights rally at Madison Square Garden. Materials are arranged by topic into Correspondence; Financial Records; Civil Rights Rallies; Internal Materials; and Publications.</p> <p>The Correspondence is from McLaurin's time as coordinator and includes applications for the Solicitations Board. There is also correspondence with invited speakers including Eleanor Roosevelt, A. Philip Randolph, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.</p> <p>Civil Rights Rallies files hold flyers, venue booking forms, and speaker engagement agreements for two rallies organized under the Madison Square Garden Committee: the New Jersey Civil Rights Rally, and the Madison Square Garden Civil Rights Rally.</p>"}
- date_start
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1956
- keydate
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1956
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1957
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1956
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1957