Lot 136
King, Martin Luther Jr (1929-68) Clergyman and Civil Rights leader. Book Inscribed and Signed, "To Paul With Best Wishes Martin Luther King Jr." on the title page. The book is Why We Can't Wait, New York: New American Library, 1964. Soft cover, 7 x 4¼ in. Light soiling and creasing to the cover and light toning to interior pages. King was ordained a Baptist minister in 1954. In 1956, he led a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama transit system, forcing desegration of the city's buses. He founded (1957) and was president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which advocated nonviolence and racial brotherhood. In August 1963 he helped organize the massive March on Washington, where he gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech. He was awarded the Nobel peace price in 1964, the same year he signed this book. He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.
Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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