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[Identification of item], in the Marcus and Yetta Danneman Papers on the King Family #5375, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from Stephen Rich in December 2007 (Acc. 100849).

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Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008

Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008

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• African Americans--History--20th century.
• African Americans--Relations with Jews.
• Atlanta (Ga.)--History.
• Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
• Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
• Danneman, Marcus.
• Danneman, Yetta.
• Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
• Georgia--Race relations.
• Jews--United States--History--20th century.
• King family.
• King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.
• King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984.
• King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
• United States--Ethnic relations.
• United States--Race relations.

Marcus and Yetta Danneman, a Jewish couple, owned a grocery store in Atlanta, Ga., from 1939 to 1986. Their grocery store's parking lot abutted the parking lot of Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Sr.'s family attended and pastored. Marcus and Yetta Danneman's grocery store primarily served the African American community, including the King family. Yetta Danneman also opened a dress shop in the neighborhood. Marcus Danneman was a pallbearer at the funeral of Martin Luther King Sr.

The collection contains correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and other items chiefly documenting Marcus and Yetta Danneman's relationship with the King family. Correspondence includes letters, cards, telegrams, and other items from Coretta Scott King and other members of the King family to Marcus and Yetta Danneman. Other correspondence documents monetary contributions Marcus and Yetta Danneman made to various organization. Photographs include 1961 images of Coretta Scott King and unidentified women modeling clothes in a fashion show at Ebenezer Baptist Church; photographs of Coretta Scott King and others, possibly at a building opening ceremony; and several unidentified photographs. There are also programs, booklets, and pamphlets relating to Ebenezer Baptist Church, the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change, and the historic and park site dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.; magazines and newspapers articles about Martin Luther King Jr., the King family, and Marcus and Yetta Danneman; certificates awarded to Marcus and Yetta Danneman for their service to their community; books inscribed to the Dannemans from Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King Sr., and Martin Luther King Jr.; and audiodisc and cassette recordings of Martin Luther King Jr.

• Audiodisc (D-5375/1)
• Audiocassette (C-5375/1)