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 ATLANTA (AP) - After Coretta Scott King's funeral this week, a stranger walked up to Andrew Young, a member of the King Center board, and handed him a $5,000 check written out to the institute established in memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
Young and others believe that many of the mourners who saluted the widow's life and legacy in recent days will give a much-needed financial boost to the King Center at a time when its grounds are in disrepair and its very future is uncertain.
"I think there's just going to be an outpouring of gifts," said Young, a former King aide, Atlanta mayor and U.N. ambassador. "People are good and hungry for an opportunity to do good."
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