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Thread #99746   Message #1999286
Posted By: Dickey
17-Mar-07 - 01:09 AM
Thread Name: BS: Poverty in the USA
Subject: RE: BS: Poverty in the USA
According to Mother Jones *MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.'s estate charges academic authors $50 for each sentence of the "I Have a Dream" speech that they reprint.*

I am posting this because MLK was a civil rights leader and helped the poor. I believe this is true because I found this to coroborate the assertion:

The 39-year-old entrepreneur and manager of the King estate is banking on the historical deal to be worth between $30 million and $50 million within three years. According to Jones, the estate's mission is "to teach people all over the world about Dr. King and the impact he had on social change in the latter half of this century."

Since his arrival in Atlanta in the late 1970's, Jones, a New York native, has been creating his own business legacy. From his numerous development deals for TV shows such as the animated morning series Da Munchies and the TBS documentary Assassinations: Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., to his investment in Atlanta Live, the country's largest Black-owned nightclub, Jones has established himself as a local mogul to be reckoned with.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1264/is_n7_v28/ai_19945622/pg_4