Telegram from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Kivie Kaplan, congratulating him on his election as President of the NAACP, January 1966.

KIVIE KAPLAN, COLONIAL TANNING CO 195 SOUTH ST BSN LET ME CONGRATULATE YOU FOR BEING ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE NAACP. I CAN THINK OF NO ONE BETTER SUITED FOR THIS HIGH RESPONSIBILITY. YOUR PENETRATING VISION, YOUR CREATIVE RESOUCES AND ENERGIES, AND YOUR PROFOUND DEDICATION TO THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM AND JUSTICE SUPERBLY EQUIP YOU TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF OUR LARGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATION. MAY GTD BLESS YOU AS YOUR CONTINUE YOUR GREAT WORK MARTIN LUTHER KING JR 1966 JAN 6 PM 3