Archive includes file copies of 20 speeches and sermons by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1961-1967, with some possible first or early drafts. Examples include a copy version of one of his thematic series on love, “Love in Action,” (nd, stamped “Received Apr 26 1966”), 3 single-spaced pgs., with word count at end and handwritten annotations in King’s hand. [See Clayborne Carson, Sr. Ed., THE PAPERS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., Vol. VI, “Advocate of the Social Gospel: September 1948-March 1963,”pgs. 405-407.] ++ Typed copy of “Address by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at Shaw Urban Renewal Public Meeting/Sunday, March 12, 1967.” In 1960, King appointed Walter E. Fauntroy (1941-1990) director of the Washington Bureau of SCLC. Fauntroy founded and served as the director of the Shaw Urban Renewal Project. ++ 2 mimeographed copies of a taped recording of “Address Given by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as one of the Gay Lectures/Southern Baptist Theological Seminary/April 19, 1961” on “The Church on The Frontier of Racial Tension,” with handwritten annotations, presumably in King’s hand. ++ “The Seventh Annual GANDHI MEMORIAL LECTURE,” delivered at Howard University, Wash. DC, November 6, 1966. ++ A possible first draft, typewritten, of “A Christian Movement in a Revolutionary Age,” (September 28, 1965), 8 pgs., and “Sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr./Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia/January 16, 1966” in original file folder with label. All material in quarto size, some with old water stains, some duplicates, light toning to pages. ++ Should be seen. Provenance: Collection of Stoney & Shirley Cooks. Estate of Thomas Offenberger (1934-1986), former Director of Public Relations, SCLC.