Rosa Parks Update

Earlier on this blog (here, here, and here), I have discussed various aspects of the estate of Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon who refused give up her seat on the bus in 1955.

The latest developments were reported in AP, Auction house seeks to sell Rosa Parks collection, WRCBtv.com, July 4, 2008:

• A probate judge in Detroit, Michigan has ordered Rosa Parks' personal effects sold.
• The judge selected Guernsey's as the auction house to handle the sale.
• The buyers are preferably museums, universities, and institutions; not individuals.
• Items to be auctioned include the hat Rosa was wearing when she refused to move on the bus.
• The collection is estimated to be worth $10 million.

Special thanks to David S. Luber (Attorney at law, Florida Probate Attorney Wills and Estates Law Firm) for bringing this article to my attention.