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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People “Distinguished NAACP Volunteer” cards belonging to Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., and his personal secretary Maude Ballou are displayed at Heritage Auctions on October 16, 2013 in New York. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s handwritten notes, writings and correspondence from the Maude Ballou Civil Rights Papers, are scheduled to be auctioned by Heritage Auctions October 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO/Don Emmert