Martin Luther King Jr. State Department Files - Passport Files

Martin Luther King Jr. State Department Files - Passport Files

Documents selected from the United States Department of State's Passport Office files on Martin Luther King Jr, dating from 2/12/1957 to 6/12/1967.

Files include passport applications and travel plans for Martin Luther King, Jr. The State Department compiled material covering biographical information of Martin Luther King Jr., a passage concerning connections between members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and the Communist Party, travel itineraries, photographs, and his signature.

This collection includes information regarding a protest against the issuance of a passport to Martin Luther King Jr. An FBI memorandum regarding the plans of Martin Luther King Jr. and Harry Belafonte to hold an American civil rights rally at the Plais des Sports in Port de Versailles, Paris. Travel plans of Martin Luther King Jr. to India under the sponsorship of the American Friends Service Committee. A report sent to Georgia Democratic Senator Richard B. Russell on plans of Martin Luther King Jr. to travel to West Africa, Gold Coast (later renamed Ghana) from Passport Office Director Frances G. Knight. A 1957 telegram sent to Knight regarding potential travel to India and Africa by Martin Luther King Jr.