Guide to African American reference
Guide to Afro-Caribbean reference
Jul 10, 2008
Parks left nearly all of her estate to the Detroit-based Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development, which was created to teach young people leadership and character development. But her 13 nieces and nephews, which feuded for years with the people she appointed to handle her affairs, filed a legal challenge to Parks' will six months after she died. A settlement was eventually reached, although terms of the deal were sealed. Guernsey's, which had inventoried Parks' possessions, was asked by the court to sell them. Guernsey's received 90 cartons of items, ranging from Parks' papers to personal objects such as the pink dress she wore when Clinton presented her with the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom. The proceeds of the sale of the archives will go to the institute and family members. It is expected to bring $10 million. There's no deadline for the sale.
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