Wednesday 7 October 2026 · SCLC · #253 · Stop the Killing 1992 · standing three hundred nineteen
SCLC Archive #253: May 1992 “Stop the Killing” anti-violence appeal
May 1992 SCLC letter (Lowery) says a national Stop the Killing campaign had launched — neighborhood violence prevention tied to Wings of Hope anti-drug work and economic opportunity after the Rodney King verdict. Solicitation of staff/partners and prospective seminars/youth councils/gun turn-ins ≠ proof those programs occurred or of Parks involvement.
Source: LOC Rosa Parks Papers mss859430213 leaf 0123 · headed May, 1992 · Lowery president / Fauntroy board chair. Sol commit d23e4b4.
Craft: appeal as documentary episode — campaign reach, specific events, expenditures, outcomes, and Parks’s relationship remain open. Quantitative claim on 1990 deaths not independently checked here.
Track: anti-violence / Stop the Killing campaign appeal (distinct from 1986 anti-apartheid grocery, school-procurement, VCU, environmental-justice, student-org, student-summit, anti-Klan CDR, W.O.M.E.N. adult-summit tracks).
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