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Jan 6, 2021 · The widows of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. shared a deep friendship and activism after their husbands' assassinations. Learn how they supported each other, continued their husbands' legacies and faced challenges together.
Feb 1, 2024 · The series, executive produced by a husband and wife team, includes scenes of the two men at home with their wives, Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz, and children, discussing their...
Shabazz befriended Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, and Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. They had the common experience of losing their activist husbands at a young age and raising their children as single mothers.
Focusing on the extraordinary women behind the two men who would change history, “Betty & Coretta” tells the similar true stories of Coretta Scott King (Angela Bassett), wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Malik Yoba), and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Mary J. Blige), wife of Malcolm X (Lindsay Owen Pierre).
Apr 10, 2018 · Betty Shabazz died in 1997 and Coretta Scott King in 2006. Gafford gathered as many primary source documents as she could find — the women all wrote about their lives and gave numerous speeches...
Feb 22, 2024 · In the annals of history, the roles of Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz often stand in the shadow of their iconic husbands. However, their individual stories are a testament to the...
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While many are familiar with their stories, few know the stories of their devoted wives Coretta Scott King and Dr. Betty Shabazz. More surprisingly the friendship that formed between these two women after the assassinations of their husbands is an untold story.
