Thomas Merton Center

Manuscripts in Sub-Section D.1:

Black revolution, The : letters to a white liberal

Item 1 - 

First Lines:  If I dare to imagine that these letters may have some significance for both of us, it is because I

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963

Number of pages:  20

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Ramparts 2.3 (Christmas 1963): 4-23.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 2 - 

First Lines:  If I dare to imagine that these letters may have some significance for both of us, it is because I

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  August no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  25

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Negro Digest 13: 60-84.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 3 - 

First Lines:  If I dare to imagine that these letters may have some significance for both of us, it is because I

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  March no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  16

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Motive 24: 2-17.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 4 - [Excerpts]

First Lines:  How is Christianity involved in the Negro struggle? Dr Martin Luther King has appealed to strictly

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1963?

Number of pages:  14

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Reprinted by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Atlanta).

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 5 - [Excerpts]

First Lines:  How is Christianity involved in the Negro struggle? Dr Martin Luther King has appealed to strictly

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  no-month no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  6

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Albertus Magnus Alumna 1 (Spring 1964): 8-13. 2 copies. Part III of essay only.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 6 - [Excerpts] La révolution noire par Thomas Merton 2 Pour une attitude sincérement chrétienne

First Lines:  Quant à l'attitude des chrétiens blancs envers le mouvement noir, qu'il s'agisse de protestants ou

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Xerograph of published material

Date:  no-month no-day, no-year

Number of pages:  1

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  French

Notes:  Unknown source - an internal citation suggests La croix (Paris). Top of page (maybe section name) titled, "Bonnes feuilles".

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 7 - Die schwarze Revolution in Amerika

First Lines:  Die weißen Christen, Protestanten so gut wie Katholiken, begegnen der schwarzen Bewegung bestenfalls

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  April no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  7

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  German

Notes:  Dokumente (Cologne) 20 (April 1964): 132-138.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 8 - La revolución negra

First Lines:  En cierta oportunidad, Ernesto Cardenal definió a Thomas Merton como el monje de la era nuclear.

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  April no-day, 1964

Number of pages:  7

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  Spanish

Notes:  La revista (Caracas) 20 (April 1966): 17-18.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 9 - Letters to a White Liberal - I & II

First Lines:  If I dare to imagine that these letters may have some significance for both of us, it is because I

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  November no-day, 1963

Number of pages:  11

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Blackfriars 44.521: 467-477.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7

Item 10 - Letters to a White Liberal - III

First Lines:  How is Christianity involved in the Negro struggle? Dr Martin Luther King has appealed to strictly

Sub-Type:  Published material

Draft:  

Copy Type:  Printed material

Date:  December no-day, 1963

Number of pages:  14

Additional authors/contributors:  

Language:  English

Notes:  Blackfriars 44.522: 503-516.

Location:  Archive - File Cabinet 7