The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Letter from MLK to Rev. and Mrs. Gardiner Day
Abstract
Dr. King offers his gratitude to Rev. and Mrs. Day for their contribution to the SCLC. He expresses delight in knowing that the Days' donation will help to empower employment initiatives and voting rights programs in the United States. The letter was written in the weeks following the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.