March 2012 Auction Ends Wednesday, March 28th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/28/2012
Lot of six pages of UPI teletype news releases revealing national reaction to the 4 April 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination. Bulletins report on President Johnson's postponed travel plans and riots in many cities: ''...Looting and rock-tossing erupted in Miami, Raleigh...Jackson...and Birmingham...'' while ''...opponents and proponents of civil rights all joined to denounce the shooting...'' Minor toning to 8.5'' wide newsprint teletypes, else very good condition.
UPI Teletypes Reporting on Reaction to Martin Luther King's Assassination -- ''...Mayor...of Memphis immediately clamped a curfew on Memphis...unrest immediately broke out in the negro district..."
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