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Collection Number: 04271

Collection Title: Files for "The Making of an Assassin: The Life of James Earl Ray," 1960-1976.

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Size About 13,000 items (13.5 linear feet).
Abstract Files compiled by George McMillan as he researched and wrote his book, The making of an assassin: the life of James Earl Ray (1976). Ray killed Martin Luther King Junior. The files include correspondence, transcripts of interviews, biographical information, research notes, copies of articles and other materials, and a draft of the book.
Creator McMillan, George.
Language English
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Restrictions to Access
No restrictions. Open for research.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Files for The Making of an Assassin: The Life of James Earl Ray, #4271, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Sensitive Materials Statement
Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.
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Files compiled by George McMillan as he researched and wrote his book, The making of an assassin: the life of James Earl Ray (1976). Ray killed Martin Luther King Junior. The files include correspondence, transcripts of interviews, biographical information, research notes, copies of articles and other materials, and a draft of the book.

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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007

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