The children of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. have charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image in marketing materials, reports the Associated Press.
The arrangement, according to one leading scholar, is one that King would have found offensive.
“I don’t think the Jefferson family, the Lincoln family … I don’t think any other group of family ancestors has been paid a licensing fee for a memorial in Washington,” said Cambridge University historian David Garrow, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of King. “One would think any family would be so thrilled to have their forefather celebrated and memorialized in D.C. that it would never dawn on them to ask for a penny.”
King would have been “absolutely scandalized by the profiteering behavior of his children,” Garrow added.
Loading ...
i think what they are doing is really not called for ”WE” believe that they just trying to get some money i mean if he was my father i would just be happy enough that he was known but just like i said………………. IT IS NOT CALLED FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Let’s hope as they find their “legs,” money issues will become secondary to the sacrifice made by their father who didn’t charge us a thing!
I believe that they are wrong Dr.King would have been proud at the fact he wass being honored. They are looking at this the wrong way.
Hey this is a great post. I am going to email this to my buddies and woolrich jassen heren. They will follow your posts soon. Thank you.