MLK Children Resolve One Suit

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s children have resolved one of two legal disputes dividing them.  On Thursday, the Estate of Martin Luther King Jr. Inc. dropped a lawsuit it had filed in August 2013 against the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.  The suit asked a judge to stop the King Center from using Dr. King’s image, likeness and memorabilia.  A lawsuit filed by the estate against Bernice King over ownership of Dr. King’s traveling Bible and Nobel Peace Prize remains set for trial next month. 

See The Associated Press, Georgia: Dr. King’s Children End One Suit Over Legacy, The New York Times, Jan. 22, 2015.