The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Letter from MLK to Geraldine Fothergill
Abstract
Dr. King informs Mrs. Fothergill that her idea to house African American students through a coordinated church effort has merit. He suggests that she contact Reverend Richard Battles of the Mount Olives Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut, who is a representative of the SCLC and gauge his reaction to the idea.