Bernice King, the daughter of the late Coretta Scott King, wants her mother’s letters, speeches, and commentary published.
The heirs of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. dynasty, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott (both pictured from left), and Bernice (pictured far right) are…
At a press conference today at historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, Bernice King announced that she would surrender her father Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize and Bible until a court decides whether or not her brothers should be allowed to sell them. Last month, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert C. I. McBurney ordered Bernice […]
In a sad turn of events, civil rights activist Harry Belafonte is suing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s estate. Belafonte, who helped financially support MLK’s…
Bernice A. King has been named CEO of The King Center. The announcement follows King’s departure last year from her role as an elder and pastor at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church. King also declined to take office as the first woman president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference due to infighting within the organization. […]
From AJC.com: The children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are putting aside their differences, but there’s more to come. To restore their parents’ legacy in the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Bernice King, Dexter King and Martin Luther King III have reached common ground, a family member told The […]
VIA: AJC.com Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has ordered King Inc. to revise the bylaws of the corporation that controls the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. in a way that will likely ensure that its president, Dexter King, no longer will control the corporation. The order issued Tuesday resulted from the final settlement of […]
