03778cpcaa2200637 a 4500 mm 00084730 DLC 20260227111613.0 cr ||||||||||| 000725|||||||||||| eng mm 00084730 DLC DLC DLC dacs B lcmd Martin, Louis, 1912-1997. Louis Martin papers, 1931-1998 (bulk 1977-1993). 4,525 items. 13 containers. 5.2 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, interview and oral history transcripts, speeches, writings, notebooks, reports, newspaper clippings, printed material, and other papers relating chiefly to Martin's service as presidential advisor and civil rights liaison for presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Jimmy Carter and to his writings which include articles, newspaper columns, and memoirs. Documents his work in establishing African Americans as a political power within the Democratic Party and encouraging their appointment to policymaking government positions. Includes material relating to Martin's involvement with African American newspapers and to his work as chairman of Calmar Communications. Correspondents include Ronald Harmon Brown, Jimmy Carter, Sharon Pratt Kelly, Lyndon B. Johnson, Vernon E. Jordan, Martin Luther King, Jr., Walter F. Mondale, Sargent Shriver, Frances M. Voorde, Jack H. Watson, and Phil Wise. Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Biography of Martin by Louis Poinsett entitled, Walking with Presidents, transferred to Library of Congress Manuscript Division reference collection. Civil rights activist, newspaper publisher and columnist, and political advisor. Full name: Louis Emanuel Martin. Died 1997. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064 Brown, Ronald Harmon, 1941-1996 Correspondence. Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- Correspondence. Kelly, Sharon Pratt, 1944- Correspondence. Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 Correspondence. Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), 1935- Correspondence. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 Correspondence. Mondale, Walter F., 1928- Correspondence. Shriver, Sargent, 1915-2011 Correspondence. Voorde, Frances M. Correspondence. Watson, Jack H., 1938- Correspondence. Wise, Phil Correspondence. Calmar Communications. Democratic Party (U.S.) African American newspapers. African American politicians. African Americans Civil rights. African Americans Politics and government. Civil rights. United States Politics and government 1945-1989. Political activists. itoamc Presidential advisors. itoamc Publishers. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064.3 39141 39141