The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Baez, Joan
b. 1941
Joan Baez is a folk singer-songwriter and prominent human rights activist. Baez sang “We Shall Overcome,” the anthem of the Civil Rights Movement, at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She joined Dr. King at the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March and to protest school segregation in Grenada, Mississippi. After gaining popularity in the Civil Rights Movement, Baez went on to be very vocal in protests against the Vietnam War. In 1970, Baez helped found the U.S. chapter of Amnesty International. She remains an active human rights advocate.
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International Confederation for Disarmament and PeaceKenneth Lee, President of the International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace, asks Dr. King if he would consider becoming a sponsor for the organization. |
Letter from Ira Sandperl to MLKMr. Sandperl writes to Dr. King regarding the direction of the SCLC. He suggest that the SCLC continue to represent social change and uphold the principles of nonviolence. However, in order to succeed, Mr. Sandperl believes that it should be done from a universal view, instead of from a Negro perspective. |
Letter from Ira Sandperl to MLK with Concerns of Supporting SCLCSandperl pleas with Dr. King to review and respond to his four point proposal, proclaiming that only then will he and Joan Baez continue to support SCLC. Sandperl criticizes SCLC for not being honest with it's coworkers, being unorganized, and self defeating. Sandperl wants Dr. King to convince him otherwise, but does not view the SCLC as being able to achieve social change from what he experienced at the retreat in South Carolina. Sandperl promises support if his proposal is adopted by the SCLC. |
Letter from Joan Baez's Law Firm to MLKSinger Joan Baez's law firm expresses her appreciation for Dr. King's recent correspondence. |
Letter from Joan Daves to Dora McDonald about Dr. King's "Three Lives for Mississippi" PrefaceIn this letter to Dora McDonald, Dr. King's assistant, Joan Daves writes that she has received Dr. King's preface for the foreign editions of "Three Lives For Mississippi." |
Letter from Kenneth Lee to MLKKenneth Lee, President of the International Confederation of Disarmament and Peace, invites Dr. King to become a sponsor of the organization. |
Letter from Philip Randolph to MLKA. Philip Randolph, the Chairman of the Committee of Conscience Against Apartheid, sent this letter to urge Chase Manhattan and First National City Banks users to withdraw their funds to signify their disapproval of their engagement in South Africa. |
March on Washington RecordEntitled "We Shall Overcome!" this document advertises the selling of the "authorized record" of the 1963 March on Washington. The record includes "inspiring songs of freedom" and speeches from the historical march. |
Photograph of Hammond Sound Truck Advertising Freedom ConcertThis photograph shows the Hammond Sound Truck advertising a Freedom Concert , which will feature Harry Belafonte, Aretha Franklin, Joan Baez and Dr. King. |
SCLC DirectionThe SCLC establishes a new direction in which they are seeking to promote nonviolence on an international level by creating a universal human rights movement. Ira Sandperl details this new direction of the SCLC which includes the improvement of current political and economic issues. |
South African Victims of ApartheidThe American Committee on Africa hosts a human rights rally and benefit on behalf of the victims of South African Apartheid. This program provides a brief history and overall purpose of the committee and outlines the projected schedule of events. |
Stars for Freedom 1967This magazine highlights celebrities who have contributed to the Civil Rights Movement as well as the contributions of SCLC and other programs across America. Featured in the article is statement by SCLC President, Dr. King. |
Telegram from MLK to Joan BaezDr. King sends encouraging words to Joan Baez, an American singer and civil rights activist, who is imprisoned at Santa Rita Rehabilitation Center. |