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Martin Luther King's Personal Papers to be Auctioned [audio 4min]

Madeleine Brand talks to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., biographer Taylor Branch about the upcoming auction of thousands of the civil rights icon's personal papers. Many historians worry the documents will become less accessible to the public if they are auctioned off to a private bidder.
Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"