Letter from MLK to Mr. Shapiro

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Dear Mr. Aliapero, [Crossed Out: For] Form para[graph] # 2 [Crossed Out: Thank you for [Inserted Above Text: sending] the [Crossed Out: MS: illegible] twenty five copies of "The Most Important People." It is through songs such as this [Inserted Above Text: that] we are [Crossed Out: able to] better able to communicate the importance and necessity of voting] Thank you for sending me twenty five copies of "The Most Important People." [Crossed Out: You and your wife has have written an excellent song. [Crossed Out: It sincerl is] It is though media such as this that we are better able to communicate the importance and necessity of [Crossed Out: eve] exercising the right to vote. [Crossed Out: The time. The we a] I am [Inserted Above Text: therefore] deeply appreciative of the time and effort you and your wife have taken to [Crossed Out: write] [Inserted Above Text: compose] this excellent song. [Crossed Out: Through] It's an admirable contribution to the furtherance of the Freedom Movement. Through the assistance and [Crossed Out: unrelenting] and [sic] support of persons such as yourselves, we will one day leave the dark + [and] dreary night of racial prejudice and journey into the bright light of freedom and equality. [Closing Signature: M[artin] L[uther] K[ing]