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James Earl Ray

Typescript from James Earl Ray’s USA Today interview, “I don’t get into all that race stuff. I never was involved in it before I got this charge for it. I know people call in here and ask me for my opinion on communists and the Nazis. Those are no-win questions.”

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Typescript from James Earl Ray’s USA Today interview, “I don’t get into all that race stuff. I never was involved in it before I got this charge for it. I know people call in here and ask me for my opinion on communists and the Nazis. Those are no-win questions.”

Deceased convicted killer of Martin Luther King, Jr. One page typescript, 8.5 x 11, of a USA Today interview with topic being Martin Luther King’s Assassin, signed at the bottom “James Earl Ray” in black ballpoint. In part, “USA Today: What are your feelings about blacks? Ray: I don’t get into all that race stuff. I never was involved in it before I got this charge for it. I know people call in here and ask me for my opinion on communists and the Nazis. Those are no-win questions. USA Today: You maintain that you’ve never been tried because your attorney pleaded guilty for you? Ray: No, I’ve never been tried.” In fine condition. R&R COA.

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  • Dates: #300 - Ended August 17, 2005