Source: AP / FoxTV10.com JACKSON, Miss — A Mississippi television anchorman can keep documents and other materials tied to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., that the civil rights leader’s estate sued to obtain, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday. King’s estate sued WLBT-TV’s Howard Ballou in September 2011 in U.S. District Court in [...]
Source: Ernie Suggs and Shelia M. Poole / Atlanta Journal-Constitution The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which has gone through a period of instability at the top for nearly a decade, saw another change in leadership Friday. Isaac Farris, the ninth president of the Atlanta-based organization founded 55 years ago by his uncle, Martin Luther King [...]
Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution Isaac Newton Farris Jr.’s tenure as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference is under “examination,” the chairman of the organization’s board said Tuesday. The civil rights organization was co-founded by Farris’ uncle, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The Rev. Bernard LaFayette Jr., chairman of the SCLC national board, said Tuesday the board [...]