Opening Day Auction Closing May 9th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/10/2015
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a social activist who led the Civil Rights movement in America during the 1950s and 1960s. He advocated for the use of nonviolent measures, through means of peaceful protests, as he called for equality for African Americans. This check made out to, “Rev. Martin L. King, Jr.” from a E. James Lieberman, who is now a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Emeritus at The George Washington University Medical Center, in Washington, D.C. is endorsed by a secretary on the reverse, signed as, “Rev. Martin L. King, Jr.” Drawn from the Oakland Bank of Commerce for, “$5.00,” dated, “11/14/1960,” this check measures 6.25” x 2.75” and it has bank cancellation stampings on both sides.