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The keys to the City of Petersburg, City of Richmond, Virginia and his sailing suit are part of the display at The University of Richmond School of Arts &amp; Sciences which hosted a Wyatt Tee Walker Symposium on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. Walker, who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s chief of staff, died in January and gifted his personal collection to the school's Boatwright Memorial Library. (Joe Mahoney /Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Showcasing civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker’s collection

By JUSTIN MATTINGLY - Associated Press

In a Sept. 25, 1963 photo, The Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr., left, VP Joseph E. Lowery, and Wyatt Tee Walker, right, executive director of the SCLC meet at First African Baptist Church, for the SCLC convention in Richmond, Va. The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who helped assemble the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous &quot;Letter From Birmingham Jail&quot; from notes the incarcerated King wrote on paper scraps and newspaper margins, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2018, in Chester, Va., said his daughter Patrice Walker Powell. He was either 88 or 89. Family records showed different years of birth, said Powell, who confirmed his death. (Carl Lynn/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies; worked beside MLK

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

In a Sept. 25, 1963 photo, The Rev. Martin Luther King,Jr., left, VP Joseph E. Lowery, and Wyatt Tee Walker, right, executive director of the SCLC meet at First African Baptist Church, for the SCLC convention in Richmond, Va. The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, who helped assemble the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous &quot;Letter From Birmingham Jail&quot; from notes the incarcerated King wrote on paper scraps and newspaper margins, died Tuesday morning, Jan. 23, 2018, in Chester, Va., said his daughter Patrice Walker Powell. He was either 88 or 89. Family records showed different years of birth, said Powell, who confirmed his death. (Carl Lynn/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

MLK confidant and civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press