(CIVIL RIGHTS) Letterhead for the AG Gaston Motel where Dr K

Sale 2631 - Lot 155

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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) Letterhead for the A.G. Gaston Motel, where Dr. King stayed during the Birmingham Campaign. Unused illustrated letterhead, 11 x 8 1/4 inches; moderate toning and minor wear Birmingham, AL, circa 1950s

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The A.G. Gaston Motel was opened by entrepreneur Arthur George Gaston (1892-1996) in 1953, as part of the national network of businesses offering lodging to Black travelers during the Green Book era (see also Gaston's Pythian Hotel brochure, lot 139). It is best known as an important backdrop for the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King and the rest of the SCLC leadership took up residence at the Gaston Motel during the Birmingham Campaign of April and May 1963--except, of course, for the time Dr. King spent at the Birmingham Jail. The hotel was in use through 1996, and is now part of the Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument.