algonquin roundtabler and remarkable writer, dorothy parker, gave her entire estate to dr. martin luther king when she died in 1967. if you don't know about mrs. parker click on the link and you'll learn more than you ever wanted--
she left him all of her copyrights and about $30 grand -- she didn't even know him...
parker fought against injustice most of her life and was quite outspoken on the issue of bigotry -- she was a founding member of the writer's guild, ('member when all those hollywood writers struck last winter and your t.v. scheduling got all screwed up), that was a huge part of her legacy...
in the 50's, she was blacklisted for her leftist views and couldn't find much work...
when king was murdered in 1968, as stipulated in her will, parker's estate was transferred to the n.a.a.c.p.
oh if she could have been here the last two days--who knows, maybe she was~
