Lot 256
Ray, James Earl. Fine and Historical. Imprisioned assassinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Document Signed Three pages, Quarto, n.d., n.p. USA Today Interview & Excerpt from "Spotlight" entitled, Prisoner: 'Railroaded'.
USA Today interview in part; "… USA Today: What are your feelings about blacks?
Ray: " I don't get into all that race stuff. I never was involved in it before I got this charge against me. I know people call in here and ask me for my opinion on communists and the Nazis. Those are no-win questions. I got enough enemies, so I don't run round denouncing this group or that group. My only enemies are the prosecuting attorneys and the judges that prosecute the case.…"
USA Today: Do you think King's death changed history?
Ray: " I don't think it affects the country if the president or someone get shot, because the same people control the country. So they just take up where the other party left off?…"
USA Today: The gun that killed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was traced to you, and you were seen in a rooming house facing the Lorraine Motel in Memphis where he was killed. Do you still say you didn't kill him?
Ray: " I don't answer any of those questions anymore. I have denied that in the congressional hearings and the courts, so it gets kind of obnoxious."
The Spotlight excerpt deals with the legal aspects of the Ray case, primarily that he was found guilty despite never having had a trial and that he considers himself a "political prisoner".
Estimated Value $700 - 900.
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