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The article reports that the personal papers of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. will remain in Atlanta, Georgia. The papers were slated to be auctioned; however a civic coalition raised $32 million to keep the collection in King's hometown. Critics of the decision cite the stipulations on use of the collection imposed by King's heirs, and state that donating the materials would have been more in line with King's philosophy and legacy.

The article focuses on author Salman Rushdie joining the faculty of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, as Distinguished Writer in Residence. He will also place his journals in Emory's Woodruff Library. The Rushdie Archive at Emory will have his private journals about his life under the fatwa by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini. Details are given for Rushdie's relationship with the university.