Obama sworn in as 44th President in Washington
Martin Luther King III takes photos on the stage as he waits for Barack Obama to be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America during his Inauguration Ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 20, 2009. (UPI Photo/Roger L. Wollenberg)
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ATLANTA, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Bernice King is the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the U.S. civil rights group first led by her slain father said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The children of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. settled their legal feud over control of the U.S. civil rights icon's estate, avoiding a jury trial.
ATLANTA, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A feud among the surviving children of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. will be taken to court in Atlanta Monday, attorneys for the litigants said.
ATLANTA, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- The daughter of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ignored a court order to hand over love letters written by her mother, attorneys say.
ATLANTA, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- The feuding children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. must talk to each other to settle their differences over their father's estate, an Atlanta judge says.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Security concerns are holding up a memorial to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. near Washington's National Mall, an organizer says.
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y., Aug. 16 (UPI) -- A park supervisor in Freeport, N.Y., says nearly 15 young lifeguards were videotaped by a security camera placed in the site's changing room.
ATLANTA, July 21 (UPI) -- The Atlanta City Council approved using city bonds to complete the purchase of a collection of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s papers for its rights center.
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (UPI) -- Steven Spielberg is producing a bio-picture about U.S. civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968 at the age of 39.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama succeeded Jesus Christ on a Harris Poll that asked American adults whom would they call heroes, poll data indicated Friday.
