` ` His status is uncertain , '' spokesman says of James Newton Farris , who has been the president since the death of his predecessor last year . The Rev . The SCLC has suffered through internal struggles in recent years as two competing factions claimed to run the organization . Martin Luther King Jr. was James ' uncle . The organization has suffered though internal strife in recent years .
` ` His status is uncertain , '' spokesman says of James Newton Farris , who has been the president since the death of his predecessor last year . The Rev . Martin Luther King Jr. was James ' uncle . The organization has suffered though internal strife in recent years .