Martin Luther King III event collection

Collection

Identifier: 9-4-1419

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Digital video and images from Martin Luther King III's visit to the University at Buffalo. Includes a recording of King's speech in the Center for the Arts, a compilation of clips from a meet and greet event, a short recap video of clips from King's visit, and images from both events. Also includes a transcript of King's speech.

Dates

2022

Terms of Access and Use

The Martin Luther King III event collection is open to researchers. Digital material may only be accessed onsite within the library at this time.

Copyright

Copyright is held by The State University of New York at Buffalo. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Historical Note

Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is a human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate. More than 50 years after the University at Buffalo's undergraduate and graduate student associations invited his father to Buffalo in 1967, they extended the same invitation to King. On April 26, 2022, King spoke to a crowd of hundreds in the Center for the Arts on peaceful protest, nonviolence, and equality.

Sources: "‘Please accept the challenge of becoming a peacemaker’: MLK III speaks at UB", Justin Weiss and Jack Porcari, The Spectrum. "MLK III carries on legacy of his father while visiting UB", Jay Rey, The Graduate School.

Extent

11.7 Gigabytes (350 files, 10 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Digital images and video from Martin Luther King III's visit to the University at Buffalo.

Arrangement

Collection arranged alphabetically by folder title. Some folder titles were altered and file arrangement reorganized to assist researchers in locating and identifying digital content.

Acquisition Information

The Martin Luther King III event collection was transferred to University Archives by Student Association events coordinator Marc Rosenblitt, in July 2022 as accession 2022-038-BD.

Accruals and Additions

No further accruals are expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Grace Trimper, July 2022; finding aid encoded by Grace Trimper, July 2022.

Digital files created by the Student Association were transferred to the University Archives via internet transfer. Where possible, digital content was normalized to standard preservation and access formats and transferred to a stable preservation environment following the University Libraries' Digital Preservation guidelines. Some folder titles were altered and file arrangement reorganized to assist researchers in locating and identifying digital content.