MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Black Civil Rights Leader ASSASSINATION 1968 Newspaper


MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Black Civil Rights Leader ASSASSINATION 1968 Newspaper

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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Black Civil Rights Leader ASSASSINATION 1968 Newspaper :
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. Black Civil Rights Leader ASSASSINATION 1968 Newspaper (Note: additional images are located below the description) Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1968

* Martin Luther King Jr. assassination (1st report)
* African American pastor - civil rights leader

The front page has a displayable headline that announces: "MARTIN LUTHER KING IS SLAIN IN MEMPHIS; A WHITE IS SUSPECTED; JOHNSON URGES CALM" with subheads photo of King. (see) Much more inside.
Incomplete issue containing only 8 of the 48 pages of the 1st section only but the pages with King related reporting was saved here. Some margin and central fold wear with old tape mends staining, nice for display as such.

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