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King's Atlanta hub guides nationwide racial movement
The nerve center on Auburn Avenue coordinates a sprawling effort with White House and Justice Department calls. Leaders like Andrew Young Ralph Abernathy and Bayard Rustin organize campaigns, demonstrations, and education while a New York office handles fundraising and legal work.
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Atlanta
UPI
Martin Luther King
Auburn Ave
White House
Justice Department
Southern Christian “Leadership Conference
SCLC
King
Andrew Young
New Orleans
King's
Howard University
Hartford
Ralph ‘Abernathy
Linden
Ala
Alabama State
Atlanta University
Demopolis
Montgomery
Abernathy
Randolph Blackwell
Greensboro
N.C
Howard University Law School
Syracuse University
Alabama A&m College
Southern Regional Council
Blackwell
James Bevel
Itta Bena
Miss
American Baptist Theological Seminary
Nashville
Tenn
Mississippi
Revel
Harry Bevte
North Carolina
Southern
American Red Cross
The
Ameri
Can Friends Service Committee
Tthe
Boyte
Bayard Rustin
Washington
Ustin
Georgia i
Young Communist League
Austin
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Dora McDonald
Sumter
S.C
S.C. State College
New York
Walter Fauntroy
New Bethel Baptist Church
Clarence Jones
Harry Wachtel
Jones
Gandhi Society For Human Rights
Wachtel
Gandhi Society
National Lawyers Guild
Wyatt
Tee Walker
Educational Heritage Inc
Yonkers
Walker
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Adele Kantor
Miss Kantor