ATLANTA (AP) —You can watch the movie Selma to see Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and the dramatic event of the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march. But current real-life headlines involving his legacy are proving to be just as cinematic. One of the reasons the movie could not feature King’s speeches is because of the […]
(AP) – The estate of Martin Luther King Jr. has withdrawn a request to disqualify a lawyer for his daughter from participating in a dispute over the ownership of King’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize. The slain civil rights icon’s estate, controlled by his sons, is locked in a legal dispute with his daughter, the […]
A judge has ruled that a lawyer for the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. cannot participate in a dispute over the ownership of King’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize, reports The AP. The slain civil rights icon’s estate, controlled by his sons, is locked in a legal dispute with his daughter, the Rev. Bernice […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A lawyer involved in the dispute over Martin Luther King Jr.‘s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize says few words were exchanged as King’s daughter Bernice quietly surrendered the items so they could be placed in a safe deposit box. A judge had ordered the items be kept there, with the keys held […]
(AP) – The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. on Thursday urged her brothers to search their consciences and reconsider their plan to sell the civil rights icon’s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize. King’s estate is run by his two sons, Martin Luther King III and Dexter King. The estate’s lawyers filed court papers Jan. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Martin Luther King Jr.‘s Bible and Nobel Peace Prize should be placed in a safe deposit box controlled by the court pending the outcome of a legal dispute over who owns the items, a judge said Wednesday. The dispute marks the latest in a string of legal battles between the siblings. The […]
Martin L. King and Coretta Scott met by phone in 1952 at the urging of a friend, Ms. Mary Powell. Coretta Scott from Heiberger, Alabama was studying music at the New England Conservatory. She had been raised in a household that stressed education; her mother even bought a school bus to make sure Coretta and […]
For iPhone users: 02/10/14- Unfortunately, the children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are embroiled in a battle over the ownership of his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and “traveling” Bible. Martin Luther King III and Dexter King want to sell their father’s prized items, however, Bernice King is currently in control of the property. Bernice […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Facing the latest in a string of legal battles with her brothers, the daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. is seeking to portray herself as the true heir to her father’s legacy. Bernice King has been outspoken this week in her opposition to what she said is a plan by her brothers, […]
The children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have sunk to an all-time low and perhaps it’s finally time for a real family intervention. America is witnessing a black family in crisis. In the latest pitiful saga of family-against-family law suits, finger-pointing, and name-calling by the children of Dr. King, Bernice King now claims that […]
02/05/14- Roland Martin talks with Ernie Suggs, Atlanta Journal Constitution political reporter, about Dr. Martin Luther King’s Jr’s sons Martin Luther King III and Dexter King’s lawsuit against their sister Bernice King.
