After years of mismanagement, it appears the King Center is being taken over by the Federal Government

As we celebrate the 2006 King Holiday, changes are afoot in Atlanta at the venerable King Center. A recent article reports that the Center, under the leadership of King's nephew, Isaac N. Farris, is being sold to the federal government via the National Park Service.

If the sale moves forward, it's against the backdrop of disagreement among the King siblings.

The King Center's board of directors voted to let the federal government to take over the property and general maintenance and upkeep of the 449 Auburn Avenue location, to take effect early next year, after revelations were discovered last year of ongoing financial struggles endured to sustain the 30-year-old edifice with regular city and state code regulations.

''We've been talking about it for a long time,'' indicated former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, a King Center director who labored with Dr. King during the 1960s civil rights movement. ''

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