MARTIN LUTHER KING Short personal letter to a Chicago civil

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MARTIN LUTHER KING. Short personal letter to a Chicago civil rights leader. Letter Signed as "Martin L. King Jr." on Southern Christian Leadership Conference letterhead to Dr. Herbert A. Turner of Chicago. One page, 11 x 8 1/2 inches; mailing folds, minor dampstaining. Atlanta, GA, 6 December 1962

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"This is just a hurriedly written note to acknowledge receipt of your very kind letter of recent date. It is always a pleasure to hear from you and to know that you are all right. I expect to be in Chicago for the Conference on Religion and Race which begins on January 14 and if it is at all possible, I will certainly call you while I am there. It will be very stimulating to discuss some of the issues of our day with you."

Dr. King's correspondent was Dr. Herbert A. Turner (1884-1973), a pediatric surgeon who had led Chicago's branches of the Urban League and NAACP.