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Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968.
Edythe Rose Scott-Bagley was born in Marion, Alabama, to Bernice McMurry-Scott and Obie Scott Sr, as were her siblings, Coretta, Obie Leonard and Eunice. Her parents were leaders in the community. in addition to running the Scott household, Bernice was the church pianist at Mt. Tabor A.M.E Zion Church and she drove the school bus.
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American inactive lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. [1] She was five years old when her father died in 1968.
Coretta Scott King launched the center in 1968 to memorialize her husband and to advance his philosophy of nonviolent social change. Dexter King was chair of the center's board, which hasn't yet ...
Dexter Scott King, the younger son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died, his brother said. He was 62.King died after a battle with prostate cancer. His wife, Leah Weber King ...
Coretta Scott King died in 2006, followed by the Kings' oldest child, Yolanda Denise King, in 2007. “Words cannot express the heart break I feel from losing another sibling," Bernice King said ...
Dexter Scott King (January 30, 1961 – January 22, 2024) was an American civil and animal rights activist and author. The second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he was also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King; and also grandson of Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King.
Yolanda King with her parents in 1956. Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an American activist and campaigner for African-American rights and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking.