As I have previously discussed, the fate of the Bible and 1964 Nobel Peace Prize of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is currently being decided in an Atlanta court. The dispute is between Kings’ sons, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King who want the historic possessions returned to King’s estate, and King’s daughter Bernice King, who had possession of the items before turning them over to the court. Counsel for Bernice King expressed at a Tuesday hearing on the case that the Bible and Peace Prize should not be sold by the estate due to their importance to King’s legacy, and Dexter King has framed the dispute as a “business issue” in a recent media interview. Fulton County superior court judge Robert McBurney decided on Tuesday to not yet rule on the case, and the battle over the possessions continues with a trial scheduled to begin in February.
See Tom McCarthy, Martin Luther King: How a Bible and Nobel Medal Have Split His Family, The Guardian, Jan. 13, 2015.
Special thanks to Brian Cohan (Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Brian J. Cohan, P.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
