To C. Kenzie Steele

Author: King, Martin Luther, Jr.

Date: February 26, 1962

Location: Atlanta, Ga.?

Genre: Letter

Topic: Martin Luther King, Jr. - Travels

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After returning from a speaking tour in Puerto Rico, King belatedly congratulates Steele, a cofounder of SCLC, on his tenth anniversary as pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Tallahassee, Florida.

rev c k steele
bethel baptist church pobn1003

just returned to the country and discovered that your tenth anniver­sary was celebrated yesterday regret that i did not know in time to get you a message your humanitarian concern will be an inspiration to genera­tions yet unborn small contribution will follow¹

martin luther king jr
southern christian leadership conference

^1. On the same day this telegram was sent, King’s secretary mailed Steele a check for $25 as a “per­sonal contribution” (Dora E. McDonald to Steele, 26 February 1962).

Source: MLKJP-GAMK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers (Series I–IV), Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc., Atlanta, Ga.