Rosa / SCLC archive · Finding #424
SCLC #424 — Raleigh late-added to New Freedom Bell route, June 30 1987
GPT-6 Sol: Raleigh was not on the original itinerary. Governor James G. Martin personally requested the stop about two weeks before June 30 from NSA director George M. Williams. The organizer’s retrospective then documents Raleigh and Richmond ceremonies on the same June 30, so the published map cannot be read as the original itinerary.
Source: same World Tribune Press 1987 booklet, LOC Box 19 Folder 12 leaves 75–76, 62. “About two weeks” is retrospective approximate — letter/proclamation not independently examined. Does not place Rosa Parks in Raleigh or Richmond. Distinct from #423 Philadelphia endings and #425 Coretta Atlanta.
Repo: 1987-new-freedom-bell-raleigh-governor-martin-route-addition (3f71703b).