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Jan 31, 2006 · Jan. 31, 2006. Coretta Scott King, first known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., then as his widow, then as an avid proselytizer for his vision of racial peace and non-violent ...
Apr 27, 2012 · 1. Born April 27, 1927 in Marion, Alabama, young Coretta Scott grew up on a farm and picked cotton to help make money for her family. 2. As a child, she experienced the segregation and racism that ...
Jan 31, 2006 · John Nichols. Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who has died at the age of 78, should be remembered for many brave and selfless deeds. Chief among ...
Jan 31, 2006 · King died at Santa Monica Health Institute in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, south of San Diego, said her sister, Edythe Scott Bagley of Cheyney, Pa. Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England ...
Jan 31, 2006 · Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., died in her sleep early Tuesday morning at the age of 78. She had worked tirelessly after her husband's death in 1968 to carry on his legacy and only recently began to slow down her efforts. Having suffered a stroke in August 2005, King ...
Feb 1, 2006 · Wed 1 Feb 2006 06.54 EST. Coretta Scott King, who has died in her sleep at the age of 78, was the wife of Dr Martin Luther King Jr, the most influential civil rights leader in America, whose ...
Mar 26, 2018 · Coretta Scott King joins an antinuclear protest on the United Nations Plaza in New York City, in 1963. (Bettmann / Getty) Born in 1927 near Marion, Alabama, Coretta Scott’s childhood was marked ...
