DETROIT, July 21 (UPI) -- An institute founded by civil rights icon Rosa Parks has asked the Michigan Supreme Court to return her collection of memorabilia.
The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development said a Wayne County probate judge allowed two court-appointed lawyers, John Chase Jr. and Melvin Jefferson Jr., to collect almost $250,000 in fees handling her $372,000 estate, the Detroit Free Press reported Thursday. Judge Freddie Burton then awarded the lawyers the memorabilia and licensing rights to Parks' name and image.