(MARTIN LUTHER KING) Freedom Fighter Award issued to a suppo

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(MARTIN LUTHER KING.) Freedom Fighter Award issued to a supporter of King's work. Illustrated certificate, 12 x 9 inches, completed for recipient Etta Moten, and signed by sponsor Mahalia Jackson and chairman Ike Sutton; minor wear and browning at edges. Chicago, 5 August 1963

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These certificates were awarded to backers of the Chicago Freedom Fund Festival which was staged to benefit King's work with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson was the primary force behind the festival. The certificate is illustrated with her portrait next to King's. The recipient was Etta Moten Barnett (1901-2004), a star singer and actress from the 1930s who was married to influential newspaperman Claude Barnett of the Associated Negro Press.