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Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss from his wife, Coretta Scott King, after leaving court in Montgomery, AL, on March 22, 1956. 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.
Coretta Scott King played a pivotal role in establishing the country we live in today. She was born on April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, and became a well-known trailblazer in the Civil ...
Coretta Scott King died late on the evening of January 30, 2006 [2] at the rehabilitation center in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, in the Oasis Hospital where she was undergoing holistic therapy for her stroke and advanced stage ovarian cancer. The main cause of her death is believed to be respiratory failure due to complications from ovarian cancer. [3]
The King Center has announced that Dexter Scott King, the youngest son and third child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died.
She died on January 30, 2006, but her legacy through her words of inspiration and motivation still lives on. Here are 35 of the most inspiring Coretta Scott King quotes.
Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American 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.
The third child of Dr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King was married to Leah Weber King since 2013. ... Coretta Scott King, died in 2006. His sister Yolanda Denise King died in 2007.
Shabazz spoke at the funeral of Coretta Scott King in February 2006. She told of the special bond her mother had shared with King and Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, and the closeness she felt with the King family, especially Yolanda. Shabazz also told how she and Coretta Scott King had kept up regular phone calls after her ...