King documents to go to his alma mater

The Reader’s Shop writes “An AP
story today reports that the collection of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
handwritten documents and books was purchased by a group of business, individuals
and philanthropic leaders and won’t be sold at auction. The collection includes 7,000 handwritten
items, including his early Alabama sermons and a draft of his “I Have a Dream”
speech. The documents will be given to Morehouse College in Atlanta, King’s
alma mater. The collection was to have been auctioned off on June 30 and was
valued at $15 million to $30 million.
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June 24, 2006 by Uncategorized 0

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