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This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "King, Coretta Scott".
Coretta Scott King, an advocate of civil rights and racial equality, is the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr. Merton writes to her after Martin's assassination. She telegrammed Gethsemani following Merton's death.
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
The original copy of the December telegram can be found in the King Library and Archives in Atlanta.
See also one published letter from Merton to King in The Hidden Ground of Love, p. 451.
If the person in correspondence with Merton has full text records in the Merton Center Digital Collections, there will be a numeric link to them below.
This Record Sub-Group is not divided into Series and is arranged chronologically.
Click icons for links: ✓="Published | Library Record", ✉="Scanned" | 🗷="Scanned, Viewable Only at Merton Center"
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1968/04/05 |
TL[c] from Merton |
Some events are too big and too terrible to talk about. I think we all anticipated this one: |
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1968/12/17 |
telegram[x] to Gethsemani Abbey |
I was deeply shocked and saddened by the news of our friend and staunch supporter, Dr. Thomas |
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mentions recording by Ebenezer Baptist Church of the "Four Freedom Songs" set to music by Alexander Peloquin
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