MLK Bible and Nobel Peace Prize Medal Returned to His Estate

03-600Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs have agreed to end their legal fight over who owns the slain civil rights leader’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal and Bible. King’s two sons had voted in January 2014 to sell the medal and a Bible their father carried in the 1960s to an unnamed private buyer, arguing the estate needed money. Bernice King, King’s daughter, objected, calling the heirlooms “sacred to the family.” According to the confidential agreement that former President Jimmy Carter helped draft, the items will be controlled by Martin Luther King III, who serves as chairman of the estate board. What remains unclear is whether the items will be sold at a later date.

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