Why Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize is sitting in a safe deposit box

Martin Luther King Jr.'s children are currently in a battle for the civil rights leader's most prized possessions.

(CNN) — The children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be in an Atlanta court Tuesday in the latest chapter of an ugly legal fight pitting the two brothers against their sister. At issue: control over two precious items that belonged to their father

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Yale University will honor the life and legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events organized under the theme “No Work is Insignificant”: Moving Forward through Service, Scholarship, and Solidarity, 

ATLANTA – The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s traveling Bible hasn't gone on regular display since President Barack Obama used it while taking his second oath of office two years ago. The public hasn't seen the slain civil rights icon's 1964 Nobel Peace