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Stanley Levison — Part 10

89 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Feb 11, 1957 · Broad topic: Cold War & Communism · Topic: Stanley Levison · 89 pages OCR'd
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ai f ee us Southern Christian Leadership Conference SENET Levison comnented that he has been working on a meeting to be held at Randall's Island Stadium, New “York City. He explained that one of the major record companies for rock and roll is going to cooperate with the Black Dise Jockeys Association in putting on a big affair at Randali's Island for ahout 25,000 people. He said it is hoped to raise between one hundred and one hundred fifty thousand dollars which "we" (the SCLC) have agreed to divide with the Black Dise Jockeys Association, one third - two thirds. Levison referred to a form letter he had received from Atlanta from one J. Oscar HcCloud (ph) in which KeCloud is promoting a memoria] portrait of Martin Luther King to ‘ be gold for. one dollar. Levison said that he believes this portrait could be used as a membership card by the SCLC and that they should not, therefore, be selling it because they would be competing with themselves. Levison said he did not believe the SCLC had endorsed uny such pictures and inquired @s to McCloud's identity. Cerillo stated that McCloud is a new fellow he had just read about and whom the SCLC had in a fund-raising situation. Cerillo said he understood that Levison had a meeting in Atlanta at which it was agreed that anything such as sales, requiring an endorsement of the SCLC, must be approved by a committee of which Levison is a member. Levison stated that this was true and agreed with Cerillo that McCloud has no authority to confirm or deny any photograph. Levison added that he was also upset because MeCloud, on the form letter, described himse)f as the National Director of the Fund Raising Campaign. Levison told Cerillo that this could not be true "if you are the Treasurer and don't know about it." Levison added that he has been involved in national fund raising all these years and that he kn nothing about what McCloud is doing. He said McCloud has taken | a . ~SEXET lie | |
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