KING JR MARTIN LUTHER Typed Letter Signed

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"I AM WORKING HARD TO HAVE THE FIRST DRAFT COMPLETED" KING JR., MARTIN LUTHER. Typed Letter Signed, as pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church and president of the Montgomery Improvement Association to his literary agent Mary Rodell regarding the contract for his first book, "Stride Toward Freedom." Single 4to page, on King's 309 South Jackson Street stationery. Creases where folded. 13 November 1957

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"I have read the contract very scrutinizingly. I have also read each of the suggestions that Pauli Murray made. " (Murray was his editor, and author of "Proud Shoes," Harpers, 1956.) "I would like to ask you to urge Harper to make the changes that Pauli Murray suggested under her points 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6. Points 4, 7, 8, 9, and 11 need not be pressed. I will be keeping in touch with you as my writing progresses. I am still working hard to have the first draft completed by the first of December. You will be receiving some chapters from me in a few days. Very Sincerely yours, M. L. King Jr."