quarto, one page, typed, signed by King in blue ink, on the letterhead of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, with original mailing envelope. In very good, very clean and legible condition.Written to Dr. Vincenzo Lappiccirella, King regretfully declines an invitation for he and his wife to attend a conference on April 30 in Florence, Italy. King states that he had another engagement that day (see below). On April 30th King and SNCC's John Lewis announced that the two organizations, (SNCC and SCLC), would work cooperatively to implement programs designed to carry out a program of voter education and political organization across the South. This coordination followed up on the March 25th Selma to Montgomery March and was intended to create support for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, part of a consistent coordinated effort during the spring and summer of 1965 to push for passage of this crucial act. On June 15, 1965, King addressed the opening orientation session for student volunteers in Atlanta's Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) Project of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). King told the assembled volunteers: "This generation of students is found where history is being made." SCOPE took place during the summer of 1965, growing out of SCLC's participation in the Voter Education Project, the momentum following the Selma to Montgomery March, and SCLC's desire to highlight the… more >
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