Navy to name cargo ship in honor of slain civil rights leader Medgar EversOctober 9th, 2009 Navy to honor civil rights martyr Medgar EversWASHINGTON — Slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers will be honored Friday with a Navy supply ship named for him. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, a former governor of Mississippi, planned to announce the honor during a speech at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss.
'Without Gandhi, there would be no Obama as president'October 8th, 2009 WASHINGTON - "I surely believe without (Mahatma) Gandhi - without Gandhi in India - there would be no Barack Obama as president" of the United States. So said John Lewis, an American civil rights movement leader and a close friend of the late Dr Martin Luther King Jr, at a Capitol Hill event here Wednesday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr King and his wife Coretta Scott King's visit to India.
Surviving King sibilings hold first shareholder meeting in 5 years under judge's watchSeptember 30th, 2009 King heirs hold first business meeting since 2004ATLANTA — The surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dalai Lama visits site of MLK's assassination; finds visit both sad, inspirationalSeptember 23rd, 2009 Dalai Lama: King assassination site sad, inspiringMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Dalai Lama said his visit Wednesday to the motel where Martin Luther King Jr.
Children of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. back in court, wrangle over inheritanceSeptember 14th, 2009 King children return to court in estate disputeATLANTA — Two surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Son of late civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy will apply for Ala. pardons for himAugust 15th, 2009 Civil rights figure's son will seek Ala. pardonsMONTGOMERY, Ala.
Civil rights icon heads back to Washington to get Medal of Freedom from first black presidentAugust 12th, 2009 Civil rights icon to receive Medal of FreedomATLANTA — A civil rights icon who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dalai Lama, ex-NBA star, icon's widow to receive National Civil Rights Museum honorsAugust 6th, 2009 Dalai Lama to receive Tenn. museum's Freedom AwardMEMPHIS, Tenn.
Marilyn Clement, health care advocate and civil rights activist, dies at age 74August 6th, 2009 Health care advocate Marilyn Clement dies at 74NEW YORK — Marilyn Clement, a social activist who advocated tirelessly for a national health care program and who rallied for civil rights alongside Martin Luther King Jr., has died. She was 74. Clement died Monday of cancer in Manhattan, said Katie Robbins, who is assistant national coordinator for Healthcare-Now! Clement founded that organization in 2004.
Atlanta City Council approves civil rights museum's plan to pay off King Papers loanJuly 21st, 2009 Plan to pay off King Papers wins council approvalATLANTA — The Atlanta City Council has cleared the way for a civil and human rights museum to pay off $11.5 million on a loan so it can acquire display rights to thousands of documents of the late Martin Luther King Jr. Private fundraising had slowed efforts in a bad economy to pay off the original $32 million loan taken out in 2006 to buy the historic trove of 10,000 documents.
Organizers of planned Atlanta civil rights museum set to pay off loan on rights to King papersJuly 16th, 2009 Rights museum set to pay off loan for King PapersATLANTA — Organizers of a civil and human rights museum planned for Atlanta said Wednesday they are poised to pay $11.5 million left on a loan so they can acquire the rights to 10,000 documents belonging to Martin Luther King Jr. In June 2006, Atlanta's mayor led an 11th-hour coup to buy the King Collection for $32 million only days before its planned public auction at Sotheby's in New York.
Morehouse College to teach first class using Martin Luther King Jr. personal library of papersJune 23rd, 2009 MLK's papers to be basis of first rights courseATLANTA — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s vast personal collection of papers will be used for the first time to teach a college course on civil rights this fall.
4 books by Martin Luther King Jr. to be republished in 2010 under a deal brokered by his sonJune 22nd, 2009 Books by Martin Luther King Jr. to be republishedATLANTA — Four books that have been long out of print by the Rev.
Martin Luther King III promotes tolerance and unity among Bosnia's segregated youthMay 12th, 2009 Martin Luther King III visits BosniaSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — Martin Luther King III told young people in Bosnia on Tuesday that the country's ethnic and religious diversity can be converted from a weakness to a strength. Speaking in Sarajevo to students and civil rights activists, the son of U.S.
AP Interview: 2 King children say brother botched $800K licensing deal with memorial groupApril 23rd, 2009 2 King siblings say licensing deal handled badlyATLANTA — Two of Martin Luther King Jr.'s children say they were not aware of the details of an $800,000 licensing deal with a memorial foundation brokered two years ago by their brother, whom they accused of tarnishing their parents' legacy with his business decisions. Bernice King and Martin Luther King III acknowledged Wednesday they generally favored the agreement between The King Center and the foundation building the national memorial to their father, but insist it was handled badly by their brother, Dexter King, and struck without their involvement.
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