March on Frankfort

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: RG 10-10.30

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Items in this collection include emphemera, correspondence, and clippings detailing Berea's participation in the 1964 March on Frankfort.

A large number of materials in this collection have been digitized and are available online through Berea Digital Archives. See Box and Folder Listing for links to digitized items.

Dates

Creation: 1964

Creator

Berea College (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the collection other than federal copyright regulations. Please cite all information.

Extent

1.00 ms_boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

On Thursday, March 5, 1964, 170 Berea students and 30 faculty and townspeople joined approximately 10,000 other demonstrators for a March on Frankfort. At the March, demonstrators listened to speeches by Frank Stanley Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr., Jackie Robinson, D.E. King, and Ralph Abernathy. Speakers pleaded for the Governor Breathitt and state legislature to consider seriously the House-sponsored Public Accomodations Bill.