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Letter from MLK to Johnnie McKinney

Correspondence, May 13, 1965
Wyoming (WY)

Dr. King declines an invitation to speak in Cheyenne, Wyoming "under the auspices of the NAACP."

List of Colleges Participating in Choice "68 Requesting King Information

Correspondence
New Mexico (NM), Los Angeles, CA, Iowa (IA), New Hampshire (NH), Oklahoma (OK), North Carolina (NC), California (CA), Ohio (OH), Indiana (IN), Wyoming (WY), Massachusetts (MA), Norfolk, VA, North Dakota (ND), Louisiana (LA), Kansas (KS), Michigan (MI), Illinois (IL), Chicago, IL, New York (NY), Texas (TX), Missouri (MO), Arkansas (AR), Boston, MA, Florida (FL), Alabama (AL), Pittsburgh, PA, Rhode Island (RI), Nebraska (NE)

This list includes the names of fifty colleges and universities participating in the "Choice 68" pre-election presidential campaigns. An additional twenty-five institutions also invited Dr. King to participate in their "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for President" campaigns.

Telegram from Johnnie McKinney to MLK

Telegrams, April 5, 1965
Wyoming (WY), Atlanta, GA

Johnnie McKinney telegrams Dr. King to invite him to a fundraising event that is set to occur in Wyoming. McKinney states, "Wyoming needs you to make Reverend Reebs home state a real fortress of equality."