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Notes to Pages 159–166 223    1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 261. King Jr., “A Look to the Future,” September 2, 1957, ibid., 4: 269–76; Nixon, interview by Lumpkin. See also Highlander Folk School, Program, “The South Thinking Ahead,” September 2, 1957, Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church Collection. 19. King Jr., “Annual Report, Dexter Avenue Baptist Church,” October 23, 1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 287–90. 20. King Jr., “Loving Your Enemies,” November 17, 1957, ibid., 4: 315– 24. 21. MIA newsletter, vol. 1, no. 7 (November 18, 1957), Montgomery Improvement Association Collection. 22. King Jr., “Some Things We Must Do,” December 5, 1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 328–43. 23. Trezzvant W. Anderson, “How Has Dramatic Bus Boycott Affected Montgomery Negroes?” Pittsburgh Courier, November 9, 1957. 24. Ibid. See also John Henrik Clarke to King, December 20, 1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 344–45. 25. Pittsburgh Courier, November 16, 1957. 26. Ibid., November 23, 30, 1957. 27. “Anderson Criticized for ‘Boycott’ Article,” Pittsburgh Courier, De- cember 7, 1957. 28. Anderson, “How Has Dramatic Bus Boycott Affected Montgomery Negroes?” Pittsburgh Courier, December 14, 28, 1957. 29. King Jr., press release, “Announcement of the Crusade for Citizen- ship,” November 5, 1957, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 307–8; King to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, February 4, 1958, ibid., 4: 358–60; King Jr., “Address Delivered at a Meeting Launching the SCLC Crusade for Citizenship at Greater Bethel AME Church,” February 12, 1958, ibid., 4: 367–71. 30. E. D. Nixon to King, November 4, 1957, Folder 15, Box 106, King Papers, Boston University; King to E. D. Nixon, March 6, 1958, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 376–77; Vaughn and Wills, eds., Reflections on Our Pastor, 8. 31. Burns, To the Mountaintop, 1; King Jr., “Statement Delivered at the Prayer Pilgrimage Protesting the Electrocution of Jeremiah Reeves,” April 6, 1958, in Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., 4: 396–98. See also King Jr., Stride toward Freedom, 31–32; “Ministerial Group Scores Easter Negro Mass Meet” and “King’s Group Accepts Invitation to Talks,” Montgomery Adver- tiser, April 13, 1958. 32. For examples of the types of questions King fielded, and his responses,

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