Martin Luther King Jr.’s heirs have agreed to end their legal fight over who owns the slain civil rights leader’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal, according to a court document filed that did not disclose if the item will be sold.
A trial to settle the years-long dispute had been set to start in Atlanta on Monday. It would have pitted King’s two sons against his surviving daughter, who were at odds over whether to sell the medal.
In a joint statement from the siblings, the family credited former U.S. President Jimmy Carter with guiding them to the confidential agreement.
