ATLANTA, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- Martin Luther King III said Tuesday he has resigned as president of the Atlanta center that promotes his slain father's civil rights legacy.
The announcement came the day after the national holiday celebrating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s role in leading the U.S. civil rights movement in the 1950s and '60s, and just days after his daughter Bernice was named The King Center's chief executive officer.