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Wanted by the FBI poster #442-A dated April 19, 1968. I was with the US Goverment and collected this wanted poster personally. It is real and I have owned it since then. Hidden away these many decades you can be the second owner of a piece of history. It is folded in half, and then in thirds. I will issue a "Letter of Authenticity" to the buyer if requested. How many opportunities are available to be certain you are purchasing something real that was obtained in person at the time it was issued?

This is not the only wanted poster in my collection which I am offering for the first time for sale.

I will answer any questions you may have by e-bay e-mail. Please, don't hesitate to ask before bidding as the sale is final.

What is particularly interesting is that this poster was issued during the tenure of J. Edgar Hoover whose signature is preprinted at the lower right of this wanted poster. This feature adds desirability and collectibility to this piece of history.

If you visit Wikipedia, you will see...this wanted poster. It is imcomplete t, but this poster is in excellent condition stored for decades for a collector who wants own a piece of America's history.

"...each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny of rippe of hope." Robert F. Kennedy

The man convicted of assisinating Martin Luther King Jr. Sentenced to 99 years in prison, served 30 years, died and still the rumors of "conspiracy" swirl. Did James Earl Ray act alone? The list of those who were uncertain was lengthy and included famile members from both accused and deceased.

Ray was serving a 99-year term for the assassination of King in 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee when he died. He confessed and was sentenced, but promptly recanted and attempted to be tried on an innocent plea. A high-school dropout and small-time criminal, Ray broke out of a Missouri prison in 1967 and onto the international stage on April 4, 1968. On that spring evening, King was gunned down as he stood on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, w he was trying to mediate a garbage workers' strike. He was struck by one bullet and died later at a hospital. The death of the civil rights leader, at age 39, prompted race riots in dozens of cities and mourning worldwide. Prosecutors said Ray fired the fatal shot from the bathroom of a rooming house nearby. Witnesses said that moments after the shooting, they saw Ray running from the building, carrying a bundle. Ray fled abroad and hopped from city to city. He was finally apprehended at London's Heathrow Airport on June 8. He reportedly put his head in his hands and wept when authorities confronted him. The FBI quickly identified Ray as the primary suspect. Authorities found Ray's fingerprints on the rifle, a scope and a pair of binoculars. He pleaded guilty in March 1969 and was given a 99-year prison sentence. Ray admitted buying a rifle similar to the murder weapon and renting the room at the Memphis flophouse w the shot was fired. But soon after being sentenced, Ray began to recant his guilty plea, saying he had handed over the gun to a man he identified only as "Raoul." Over the years, Ray suggested a conspiracy and government cover-up. His 1992 book, "Who Killed Martin Luther King Jr.?: The True Story by the Alleged Assassin", offered his version of events, but investigators did not reopen the case. Ray's father was quoted saying his son was not smart enough to have pulled off such a crime by himself. In 1978, a special congressional committee reported a "likelihood" existed that Ray did not act alone. Meantime, in 1977, Ray escaped from a Tennessee prison and led authorities on a massive manhunt over three days before being recaptured.

This is a rare opportunity to purchase an authentic wanted poster that depicts an event in American history of significant importance.

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