WISHFUL THINKING (CIVIL RIGHTS.) RAY, JAMES EARL. Painting by Martin Luther King's assassin titled "Escape from Brushy Mountain." * [together with] a typed letter signed referring to the assassination. Oil painting on artist's board, 12 x 16 inches. Np, circa 1978
with--Typed Note Signed by Ray, attesting to the authenticity of this painting and added to a typed letter concerning one of his several appeals. Single sheet of State of Tennessee Board of Paroles stationery, dated 9 June, 1986. Two creases where folded. Apparently short of stationery, Ray's note regarding the authenticity of this painting was added to the bottom of a letter Ray had received refusing him a hearing for clemency. Also, an unrelated Letter Signed by Ray, discussing his appeal for clemency, 15 June 1978 and a signed copy of his pamphlet, "Day of the Pathogen," 1993.
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