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As an ex-southerner (and glad of it - I sometimes almost
wish I coudl say ex-white) and an abortive anthropologist
(26 years as an aeronautical engineer) I
must insist that race is a fact, but we have no
means of knowing how we would differ, and how
much, in the presence of the equality of opportunity
and mutual respect (something Whitey has difficulty
enough achieving among his own kind).
I am enclosing a memorial medallion of Dr. King,
struck by the Bavarian State Mint at Munich, soon
after the assassination. They are made in gold and
silver, in several sizes (this is the largest). I tried
to get them in bronze, thinking they would be good
for people with little money to throw around, but so
far they have not been made. I saw many negroes
wearing medallions in which a small phot of Dr.
Kind had been set behind the central "jewel", as well
as some very crude portrait medallions which sold
for $5 (this medal which I send is $6, postpaid, from
the dealer in Munich who handles them for the Mint).
Some organization such as the SCLC might be able
to get the Germans to make these in quantity in
bronze and sell them for considerably less, both as
a fund-raising method and as a service to people who
want a memento but could not afford the higher price.
You may find it hard to believe, but I (and I am
sure many other whites all over the country) felf
Dr. King's death like that of a brother - not only
because he seemed the only remaining voice of