Martin, Louis 1912-1997 creator mixed material monographic eng 4,525 13 5.2 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. Open to research. 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 Jr King, Martin Luther 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 Presidential advisors Publishers mm 00084730 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003064.3 Open to research. DLC 000725 20260227111613.0 mm 00084730