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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) ABERNATHY, RALPH.
Sermon:”A Short Letter to
Martin Luther King.
13 pages, folio ribbon copy of Abernathy’s Sermon on the passing
of Martin Luther King Jr.
Atlanta. April 7, 1968
[2,000/3,000]
THE RARE ORIGINAL TYPED RIBBON COPY OF RALPH ABERNATHY
’
S SERMON ON THE
PASSING OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
delivered only four days after King’s assassination.
No one could have written this sermon better than Abernathy who had been together with
King from the start of the struggle. “Eternal God, our heavenly father . . . We thank thee not
only for the hills and the mountains, for the night and for the day, but we come this morning to
especially thank thee for Martin Luther King Jr. We want to thank you that we were privileged
for a brief period to walk in his shadow. We want to thank you that his light, the radiant light
of his brilliant personality, shone upon us… “
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(CIVIL RIGHTS.) ABERNATHY, RALPH.
Letter from a Charleston Jail.
“To Preach the Gospel to the Poor.”
8 pages. Small 8vo, original pictorial wrappers,
stapled. With an image of Abernathy on the upper cover; some slight discoloration along
the top of the front cover.
Atlanta: Southern Christian Leadership Conference, [1969]
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
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