14 November 2008

"puttin' food on people's plates"


From the AP:

“…the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is demanding a share of the proceeds from the sudden wave of T-shirts, posters and other merchandise depicting the civil rights leader alongside Barack Obama. Isaac Newton Farris Jr., King's nephew and head of the King Center in Atlanta (pictured, left) says:


“Some of this is probably putting food on people's plates … we cannot allow our brand to be abused … If you make a dollar, we should make a dime. That's not happening now.

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