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Size | 2.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 150 items) |
Abstract | Marcus and Yetta Danneman, a Jewish couple, owned a grocery store in Atlanta, Ga., from 1939 to 1986. Their grocery store was across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Sr.'s family attended and pastored. 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. |
Creator | Danneman, Marcus.
Danneman, Yetta. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
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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.
Back to TopThe 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.
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Letters: Coretta Scott King to Marcus and Yetta Danneman, 1966-1997Includes letters, seasonal as well as general cards, telegrams, and other items from Coretta Scott King to Marcus and Yetta Danneman. |
Folder 2 |
Letters: King family to Marcus and Yetta DannemanLetters and cards from members of the King family including a note from Martin Luther King Sr. asking if Marcus Danneman would give his grandson, Martin Luther King III, store credit. |
Folder 3 |
Correspondence and Related Materials: Concerning Marcus and Yetta DannemanThis correspondence primarily concerns the various monetary contributions of Marcus and Yetta Danneman to charitable and other organizations. |
Image Folder PF-5375/1-3
PF-5375/1PF-5375/2PF-5375/3 |
PhotographsIncludes photographs, dated 1961, of Coretta Scott King and unidentified women modeling clothes in a fashion show at Ebenezer Baptist Church. There are also photographs of Coretta Scott King and others, possibly at a building opening ceremony, and one photograph of an unidentified female and one photograph of an unidentified male. |
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Printed MaterialsIncludes church programs from Ebenezer Baptist Church, booklets and pamphlets from the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Social Change, and booklets and a proposal concerning the historic and park site for Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Magazines and NewspapersIncludes magazines that feature articles about Martin Luther King Jr., newspaper articles that concern the King family before and after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, and newspaper articles that mention Marcus and Yetta Danneman. |
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Other PapersIncludes certificates awarded to Marcus and Yetta Danneman for their service to their community, invitations and guest passes for Marcus and Yetta Danneman, United States commemorative postal stamps for Martin Luther King Jr., an unaddressed postcard, and an essay entitled "Seniority and Racial Progress" by Bayard Rustin and Norman Hill. |
Folder 15 |
Daddy King: An Autobiography (1980) by Martin Luther King Sr.Inscribed to Yetta Danneman from Martin Luther King, Sr. |
Folder 16 |
Fighters for a New World (1969) by Thilo KochInscibed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Coretta Scott King. |
Folder 17 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1970) by Robert G. HoytInscribed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Coretta Scott King. |
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My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969) by Coretta Scott KingIncludes two copies inscribed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Coretta Scott King. |
Folder 20 |
Why We Can't Wait (1964) by Martin Luther King Jr.Inscribed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Martin Luther King Jr. |
Audiodisc D-5375/1 |
Why I Oppose the War in Vietnam, 1967 speech by Martin Luther King Jr.Audiodisc has Coretta Scott King's signature on the cover. This speech was taken from a sermon delivered at Ebenezer Baptist Church on 16 April 1967. |
Audiocassette C-5375/1 |
Martin Luther King, Jr.: Speeches and SermonsWith an introduction by Coretta Scott King. |