Rosa Parks' Letter On Mlk Jr. Goes Up For Sale For $54k

Montgomery Advertiser, Montgomery Advertiser
Mon, 08/03/2020 - 7:42am

It is the only letter one expert has ever seen Parks mentioning King, and he said it's rare because it's handwritten.

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