NEW YORK (AP) - May 20, 2010
Attorney Gregory Reed read the introduction publicly for the first time Wednesday in New York City. In it, the civil rights leader - who was killed in 1965 - decries the state of relations between American whites and blacks and says he hopes his story will "do as much good for America and for both races as it possibly can."
Reed bought the manuscript, introduction and three unpublished chapters in 1992 from the estate of the autobiography's collaborator, Alex Haley.
The book's original publisher says it's unclear why the material was omitted.
