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[CIVIL RIGHTS]. A group of 5 Western Union Telegrams to and from Rev. Claude Wyatt and Addie Wyatt and others. 5 telegrams on 7 Western Union half-sheet telegram paper (140 x 215 mm). Telegrams are toned, creased, somewhat worn, some staples at upper left corners, with occasional ink notations and occasional small stickers with printed text (done by Western Union). Telegrams are: To Miss Addie Wyatt, 1967 Apr 10 from Sargent Shriver Director Office of Economic Opportunity (inviting Wyatt to a conference on poverty among women – 4 pp, of additional material are attached to the telegram); To Rev Claude Wyatt, 1968 Apr 27 from Ralph David Abernathy, Pres Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Wyatt is being invited to attend The Poor People’s Campaign on April 29); To Mrs Addie Wyatt, 1968 Aug 3 from A Philip Randolph Bayard Rustin (asking Wyatt to be available for an emergency conference to deal with the crucial 1968 election). 2 additional telegrams (possibly unsent) are typed on Western Union paper: To Rev Jesse Jackson (undated), wishing him a Happy Birthday from the Black Labor Leaders of the SCLC and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America; To Dr. Ralph Abernathy (undated), wishing him a speedy recovery from an illness from the Black Labor Leaders of the SCLC and Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America. From the estate of Addie and Claude Wyatt, Jr.