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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to WMU

Guide detailing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s December 18, 1963, speech at Western Michigan University.

Photographs

Flier

Flier announcing Martin Luther King speaking in the Fieldhouse on December 2, 1963.

Newspaper Clippings

Western Herald newspaper article from November 27, 1963, titled Martin Luther King to Speak In Read Fieldhouse on Monday.

Western Herald, November 27, 1963: Martin Luther King to Speak In Read Fieldhouse on Monday.

Western Herald newspaper article from December 20, 1963, titled Dr. Martin Luther King speaks to estimated 2000 in Fieldhouse.

Western Herald, December 20, 1963: Dr. Martin Luther King speaks to estimated 2000 in Fieldhouse.