On April 9, 1968, a telegram from the National Urban League was sent to affiliate Urban Leagues across the country calling for a meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss their plans, going forward, after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4.
This telegram is a rare artifact in 91香蕉视频 University Library's . It was sent to the Urban League of Warren, Ohio, and uncovered by Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Ph.D., an associate professor and undergraduate coordinator in the Department of History, as part of her research.
Smith-Pryor explained that the National Urban League needed to get the information out fast. "But how do you get the information to people that fast? Online? No,鈥� Smith Pryor said. 鈥淵ou know, today fax machines are considered old-fashioned, but there wasn鈥檛 even a fax machine in 1968. So, you sent telegrams.鈥�
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