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Notes for the Alveda King article

In 1994, King filed a lawsuit against Paramount Pictures, claiming that they had stolen the plot from her 1986 romance novel, "Arab Heart". The court ruled against King. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/category/individuals/alveda-king http://cases.justia.com/us-court-of-appeals/F3/20/454/522985/

NOTE: Lawsuit was filed in 1992. Summary judgment against King. Appealed. Appeals court upheld the original finding in 1994.

In 1994, she released a letter condemning Coretta Scott King’s support for abortion and gay rights, saying it would bring "curses on your house and your people...cursing, vexation, rebuke in all that you put your hand to, sickness will come to you and your house, your bloodline will be cut off." http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/why-alveda-king-perfect-glenn-becks-rally full text of letter? where?

Actress in late 70s and 80s under name Alveda King Beal. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0063645/

http://books.google.com/books?id=bbQDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=alveda+king+beal&source=bl&ots=dTNs-C9Qs0&sig=MIBl_Am8YlLk-MvjwCPo3rR4o_k&hl=en&ei=CCJ9TMmcFIH08AaJ99zwDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=alveda%20king%20beal&f=false

Singer? http://www.amazon.com/Abba-Father/dp/B0031D2NL2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1283269446&sr=8-9

Section on opposition/conflict within the King family on key issues like abortion and gay marriage.

Switched to Republican Party in 1998. Opposes affirmative action. News and Views: The Niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. Is a Staunch Opponent of Affirmative Action The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education 22 [Winter 1998-1999] p. 49

Congressman John Lewis, who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil fights battles of the 1960s, believes "she is being used and exploited by the most right-wing elements in American society. If Dr. King were alive today, he would not be endorsing or subscribing to what his niece is doing. I think he would be ashamed."

This section was removed from the article. Contains some possibly good info, with Citations: Alveda King claimed that "Mrs. Coretta Scott King knew that her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was pro-life" regarding Martin Luther King Jr. winning the Margaret Sanger Award from Planned Parenthood in 1966. In 1994, Alveda King wrote a letter condemning Coretta Scott King's support for abortion and gay rights. According to Fox News, Alveda King has "long argued" that Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican. University of Cambridge historian David Garrow stated in a Salon profile of Alveda King: "King was not only not a Republican, he was well to the left of the Democratic Party of the 1960s."