{"id":1089,"date":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/martin-luther-king-jr-letter-soviet-union-trip-for-sale\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-letter-soviet-union-trip-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/martin-luther-king-jr-letter-soviet-union-trip-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Luther King Jr. Letter Up for Sale, Outlines Soviet Union Trip Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240111_f954f95aea894b2c8789cbd1e1daae13\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a8ab18b-3167-4e6e-99c4-938481efbcfa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f9\/4by3\/2024\/01\/11\/f954f95aea894b2c8789cbd1e1daae13_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"martin luther king letter\"><\/p>\n<p>                                      Getty\/momentsintime.com Composite<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/people\/martin-luther-king-jr\/\"><strong>Martin Luther King Jr.<\/strong><\/a> was planning a trip to the Soviet Union after surviving an assassination attempt, and his letter explaining his reasons for the visit is up for grabs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>The famed civil rights leader was only 2 months removed from being stabbed at a book signing in Harlem when he wrote to the National Council of Churches, explaining his motivations behind a visit to the USSR.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240111_1a29321ad86b43768c51dfcaef8d12c1\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a8ab18b-3167-4e6e-99c4-938481efbcfa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1a\/4by3\/2024\/01\/11\/1a29321ad86b43768c51dfcaef8d12c1_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"martin luther king jr letter\"><\/p>\n<p>                                      momentsintime.com<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>MLK&#8217;s 1958 letter outlines 6 reasons for the stopover, on his way back from India, including a desire to investigate why Soviet citizens were still religious despite state-sponsored atheism.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>Dr. King also told the National Council of Churches he wanted to meet with Baptists in the communist nation to figure out how Soviet policies affected minorities.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>                  <a data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20240111_31c455fe764b47ec9c55a161f876f175\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a8ab18b-3167-4e6e-99c4-938481efbcfa\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/31\/4by3\/2024\/01\/11\/31c455fe764b47ec9c55a161f876f175_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"martin luther king jr\"><\/p>\n<p>                                      momentsintime.com<\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>One really eye-opening part of the letter is the price &#8230; MLK estimated the trip would cost a whopping $35 per day for his hotels, trains, planes, interpreters, cars and chauffeurs. Yeah, different time &#8212; today that would be about $370 per day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<p>The rare piece of MLK history is going up for sale through <a href=\"https:\/\/momentsintime.com\/ml-king-plans-for-a-trip-to-the-soviet-union\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Moments In Time<\/strong><\/a> for $54,000 &#8230; after being stored for years by a private collector.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>      <a href=\"https:\/\/peixun021.com\/photos\/2018\/01\/15\/martin-luther-king-jr-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:c1621580-4991-5829-b524-71ce4fbc9c0c\" data-context=\"{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;gallery-block&quot;,&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;}\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5a8ab18b-3167-4e6e-99c4-938481efbcfa\" data-gallery-layout=\"carousel\"><br \/>\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/56\/4by3\/2020\/01\/20\/56a63c238d4d4321be4e1854a41773c9_md.jpg\" alt=\"Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>          Launch Gallery<\/p>\n<footer>\n            Remembering MLK<\/p>\n<p>              Launch Gallery<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<p>                  Getty<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>By the way, MLK ended up scrapping the trip a few months later, for fear the Soviet visit would be seen as political.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty\/momentsintime.com Composite Martin Luther King Jr. was planning a trip to the Soviet Union after surviving an assassination attempt, and his letter explaining his reasons for the visit is up for grabs. 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