Rest in peace
Coretta Scott King
(1927-2006)
First Lady of The Civil Rights Movement

If Mrs. King will be buried at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial site and,  keeping in mind that the government is already improving memorial sites around the country and the world, should the King Family keep control of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center in Atlanta or let the United States Government take control?

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Photo of Mrs. King by www.jimiflixx.com 

Coretta Scott King, Civil Rights Figure
  • Born: 27 April 1927
  • Birthplace: Marion, Alabama
  • Best Known As: Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Coretta Scott King is the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music; they were married on 18 June 1953. The family moved to Montgomery, Alabama and then to Atlanta as Dr. King became a civil rights leader and a prominent public figure. After Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Coretta King established the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta; she also supported the establishment of a national holiday in honor of her husband, an idea which became law in 1986. Coretta and Martin Luther King had four children: Yolanda (born 1955), Martin Luther III (b. 1957), Dexter (b. 1961), and Bernice (1963).

In 1969 the American Library Association (ALA) created the annual Coretta Scott King award to honor children's book authors and illustrators of African descent.

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