Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Danneman, Marcus.
Danneman, Yetta.
- Title
- Marcus and Yetta Danneman Papers on the King Family, 1961-2006
- Call Number
- 5375
- Language of Materials
- Materials in
English
- Extent
-
- Items: About 150
- Linear Feet: 2.0
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.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Restrictions to Access
- No restrictions.
- Acquisitions Information
- Received from Stephen Rich in December 2007 (Acc. 100849).
- Processing Information
- Processed by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
- Encoded by: Jennifer Thompson, September 2008
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Marcus and Yetta Danneman Papers on the King Family #5375, Southern Historical Collection,
The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- African Americans--History--20th century.
- African Americans--Relations with Jews.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--History.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Race relations.
- Atlanta (Ga.)--Social life and customs.
- Danneman, Marcus.
- Danneman, Yetta.
- Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Georgia--Race relations.
- Jews--United States--History--20th century.
- King family.
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006.
- King, Martin Luther, 1899-1984.
- King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- United States--Race relations.
Back to TopBiographical Note
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 TopCollection Overview
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.
Back to TopItems Separated
Audiodisc (D-5375/1)
Audiocassette (C-5375/1)
Detailed Description of the Collection
Marcus and Yetta Danneman Papers on the King Family, 1961-2006.
About 150 items.
Folder
1
Letters: Coretta Scott King to Marcus and Yetta Danneman, 1966-1997
Includes 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 Danneman
Letters 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 Danneman
This correspondence primarily concerns the various monetary contributions of Marcus and Yetta Danneman to charitable and other
organizations.
Image Folder
P-5375/Folder 1-3
Photographs
Includes 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.
Folder
4-8
Printed Materials
Includes 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.
Folder
9-11
Magazines and Newspapers
Includes 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.
Folder
12-14
Other Papers
Includes 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 Koch
Inscibed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Coretta Scott King.
Folder
17
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1970) by Robert G. Hoyt
Inscribed to Marcus and Yetta Danneman from Coretta Scott King.
Folder
18-19
My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969) by Coretta Scott King
Includes 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 Sermons
With an introduction by Coretta Scott King.
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