{"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>\n <\/p>\n Getty\/momentsintime.com Composite<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n 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 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>\n <\/p>\n momentsintime.com<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n MLK’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 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>\n <\/p>\n momentsintime.com<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n One really eye-opening part of the letter is the price … MLK estimated the trip would cost a whopping $35 per day for his hotels, trains, planes, interpreters, cars and chauffeurs. Yeah, different time — today that would be about $370 per day.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n The rare piece of MLK history is going up for sale through Moments In Time<\/strong><\/a> for $54,000 … after being stored for years by a private collector.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n