Originally Posted by spr06diva

I was listening to Tom Joyner's Show this morning and THANK GOD those paper are no longer being auctioned. I'm glad to see the people of ATL come together for such a good cause and raise enough money to buy it and donate it to Morehouse. What I do want to know about though is where that $32 million is going? I wonder how Dr. and Mrs. King would feel about the route that his kids took on this issue

Originally Posted by nonchalant

You can tell the King children were spoiled and selfish due to all the disagreements on things after the death of Coretta. Every King for themselves. I personally wouldn't have kept them. What use would they do me? I would have donated them to Alpha Phi Alpha.

Originally Posted by ZetaStorm

I heard this discussion on the Tom Joyner Morning Show last week. I think they said that Coretta wanted the papers to go to a museum or libray not an individual. From my understanding Dr. King did not leave any money behind to his family. He gave a lot to charity, etc. I would hate to see Dr. King's items go to the wrong people. The family really needs to look into boosting their PR efforts for the King Center. I think if anything his papers should be housed there. (Or like someone mentioned Morehouse). I was amazed at how many people who live in Atlanta had never been to the King Center. I'm not from Atlanta but the King Center was one of the first places I visited when I visited Atlanta. I know that there is some type of campaign going on to raise funds for a memorial in DC I believe. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. The info/commercial was so quick I didn't get a chance to copy the web address. I think that it's a shame that his writings are up for sale. They are too valuable to just sale to someone.

Originally Posted by TonyB06

The Morehouse acquisition is probably the best resolution to the matter -- most people can now feel reasonably assured that the papers will be sufficiently preserved and presented.

I haven't agreed with many of the King family's publicly known business decisions --the cingular commericals still make me cringe-- but these have been their decisions to make. Bro. King was their father/husband and they've personally had to live all these years without him, yet hearing other's thoughts on what he would say, and what they should be doing. That cannot be easy.

Originally Posted by AKA2D '91

Cingular commercial? :confused: :eek:

Originally Posted by TonyB06

a few years ago (4-5?), the family sold the rights to MLK's image to Cingular. Cingular then superimposed King's image from his 1963 I Have A Dream speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial into a commerial they were doing for their phones. ...it was something less than a shining moment, IMO. :confused:

No one else remembers seeing this?

Originally Posted by SummerChild

I wonder how they raise money. Don't most centers have grants and such to cover costs?

One way to raise money might be to get a tighter grip on all of the MLK stuff that is out there on the internet and start a stringent licensing program of the stuff not already in the public domain. That would probably not feel right to them however (to restict use of MLK's writings, etc.).

SC