Medgar Evers assailant arrested... 125,000 rally in Detroit along with Martin Luther King...
Item #637703
June 24, 1963
THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 24, 1963 The front page has a column-wide article "SUSPECT CHARGED IN EVERS MURDER" with subhead "Mississippi Salesman, 42, Seized After Fingerprints on Rifle Are Checked". "Byron de La Beckwith, known as an outspoken white supremacist, was charged with murder today in the ambush slaying of Medgar W. Evers, Negro Civil rights leader...".... See More
March from Selma to Montgomery...
Item #618450
March 16, 1965
THE PRATT TRIBUNE, Kansas, March 16, 1965
* Selma to Montgomery, Alabama
* Martin Luther King Jr.
The front page has a five column headline: "Negro Leaders Meet On Plans To Resume Highway March To Capitol" (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 12 pages, a few small binding holes along spine, otherwise nice.... See More
Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother slain...
Item #596678
July 01, 1974
THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 1, 1974
* Alberta Williams King killed
* Martin Luther King Jr. mother
* Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov defects
The front page has a four column headline: "Mother of Dr. King Is Killed in Church; Atlanta Deacon Slain; Gunman Seized" with subhead and two related photos. Much more on page 20. Loads of text here. 1st report coverage ... See More
The death of Amos Alonzo Stagg... 1st ever space walk... Selma-Montgomery March...
Item #585860
March 18, 1965
THE DETROIT NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, March 18, 1965
* Judge grants Selma to Montgomery march
* Amos Alonzo Stagg death (1st report)
* Cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, 1st ever human space walk (historic)
This newspaper has a banner headline on the front page above the masthead: "Russian Takes First Space Walk From Orbiting Ship" with subhead "2 Cosmonauts Up; One Walks ... See More
James Earl Ray captured...
Item #561111
June 10, 1968
FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, June 10, 1968
* James Earl Ray captured
* Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassination suspect
This 24 page newspaper has a three line headline on the front page: "King's Accused Killer May Fight Extradition".
Tells of the capture of James Earl Ray in London, England for the murder of the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.
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