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Birmingham jail logs with MLK signatures up for sale

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Arrested for leading a march against racial segregation in 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

spent days in solitary confinement writing his “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” which was smuggled out and stirred the world by explaining why Black people couldn't keep waiting for fair treatment.

Meanwhile, items also were arriving at the jail for King. A special delivery letter showed up at the jailhouse addressed to King, then a Western Union telegram, and then another and another.

A jailer would log each new item in a bound ledger book, which King would then sign. Pages of the old jail log with King's signature are now going up for auction, with a minimum price of $10,000.

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