Judge: King children must meet to discuss estate

A judge has ordered the surviving children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to hold a shareholders' meeting to discuss their father's estate.

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King children in court with book deal on the line

The children of Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. faced off in an Atlanta courtroom Tuesday in a dispute over their mother's personal papers that could derail a lucrative book deal.

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King siblings' lawsuit could derail book deal

A lawsuit involving the three surviving children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is threatening to derail a $1.4 million deal for a book on their mother.

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Documents Show FBI Spied on King's Widow

Federal agents spied on the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. for several years after his assassination in 1968, according to newly released documents that reveal the FBI worried about her following in the footsteps of the slain civil rights icon.

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Pol Invokes Imus Slur Over King Portrait

A bid to hang Coretta Scott King's portrait in the state Capitol died in a legislative committee Wednesday, with the chief supporter comparing the failure to Don Imus' slur against the Rutgers University women's basketball team.

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Martin Luther King Papers Go on Display

The legacy of Coretta Scott King loomed large Monday over the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day since her death, with tributes at the church where her husband preached and visits to the tomb where both civil rights activists are now buried.

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Presidents Join Mourners at King Funeral

Reunited at last in death, Coretta Scott King was laid to rest beside the tomb of her husband after a stirring funeral with 10,000 mourners that was both lyrical and mournful, and at times political.

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Future of King Center Up in the Air

Coretta Scott King was the keeper of her late husband's legacy of racial equality and nonviolence, and some believe she could still play that role in death, even as the future of the King Center she founded remains unclear.

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Coretta Scott King Dies at 78

Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning. She was 78.

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The author's spooky "The Graveyard Book," about a boy raised by a vampire, a werewolf and a witch, was named the winner of the 88th annual Newbery Medal, the top prize in children's literature.

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Martin Luther King Jr.'s holiday takes on dual meaning for many Americans because it falls on the eve of Barack Obama's inauguration.

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The Boston Children's Chorus will honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 4th-annual live, one-hour concert, Raising the Roof: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. in Song on Monday January 19th.

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The children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King are facing off in an Atlanta courtroom, at odds over their mother's personal papers .

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A lawsuit involving the three surviving children of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and his late wife Coretta Scott King is threatening to derail a $1.4 million deal for a book on their mother.

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TV Host, Herndon Davis, www.herndondavis.com, interviews Lynn Cothren. For over 23 years Cothren worked for Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King.

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Dr. William F. Pepper was the King Family's lawyer-investigator in the 1999 Circuit Court trial in Memphis, Tennessee, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators. The Honorable James E.

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....After spending years spying upon and attempting to disrupt the life of civil rights legend Martin Luther King, Jr., files released late last week reveal that the FBI apparently instituted similar practices against his wife Coretta Scott King shortly after King was assassinate …

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The FBI very closely spied and did surveillance on Scott King for years, keeping close track of her public appearances, speeches and especially anytime she traveled.

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She had an unforgettable face: serene, beautiful and yet with a trace of sadness that few would say she did not earn. Indeed, Coretta Scott King's life was filled with trouble and adversity caused by those opposed to her cause.

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"It is altogether fitting that Martin and Coretta are here in this place ... just as their spirits are together for all of eternity," said Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister, Christine King Farris.

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"The press is very adverserial today . . . particulary the New York Times, that just shoots at the President every single day. They can do it on the Op-Ed page . . . that's expected, but when you see it creeping in, subtly, into the news columns, I'm concerned about it."

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Black Entertainment Television declined to carry live coverage of the Coretta Scott King funeral on its cable channel, opting for music video programming instead. BET placed live funeral coverage on a Web stream.

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Voicing the late Coretta Scott King's views, her friends and collegues gave impassioned speeches about her beliefs and causes. Among these views were hope for the future and concern for the present world events.

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End to a legacy...and a mockery for all

Today marked the funeral of Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King and tremendous supporter of the civil rights movement during and after her husband's passing. It marks the end of a tremendous legacy that has been passed on in spirit to future generations.

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It is disrespectful of the person that has died to inject such drivel into a memorial service. President Bush was respectful of Mrs. King's and her husband's legacy. The people in attendance should have been respectful of the President.

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People have been paying their respects to Coretta Scott King, the widow of US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, who died earlier this week aged 78.

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A great woman goes to her rest.

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