Martin Luther King Jr.

Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Activist, Dies

(AP) — Dorothy Height, who as longtime president of the National Council of Negro Women was the leading female voice of the 1960s civil rights movement, has died. She was 98. Height, who continued actively speaking out into her 90s, had been at Howard University Hospital for some time. A hospital official said she died early Tuesday morning.

Actor Nabs Martin Luther King Role

Actor David Oyelowo ('Last King of Scotland') has landed the coveted role of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Lee Daniels' ('Precious') upcoming film 'Selma.' The film, which co-stars Hugh Jackman as a racist sheriff, tracks the historic 1965 Civil Rights marches from Selma to Montgomery. No word yet on a release date. [Hollywood Reporter]

MLK estate set for shakeup

Ajc: Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville has ordered King Inc. to revise the bylaws of the corporation that controls the estate of Martin Luther King Jr. in a way that will likely ensure that its president, Dexter King, no longer will control the corporation