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The Significance of MLK's Personal Papers [audio 9min]

Ed Gordon discusses the significance of the auction of the personal correspondence of the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., with Patricia Sullivan, an associate professor of history at the University of South Carolina, and Clay Carson, editor of Martin Luther King's papers and director of the King Institute at Stanford University.
Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"