Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader. She was the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.. Scott King helped lead the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.

Scott King played an important role in the years after her husband's 1968 assassination when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.

Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama. She studied at Lincoln Normal School and at Antioch College.

King was married to Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968. They had four children:
Dexter Scott King; Yolanda King; Bernice Albertine King and Martin Luther King III

King was in a hospital in Rosarito Beach, Mexico after she had a stroke and had ovarian cancer. She died on January 30, 2006 in the hospital from a stroke and respiratory failure, aged 78.

References

Other websites

Coretta Scott King's oral history video excerpts at The National Visionary Leadership Project
 Coretta Scott King's political donations 
 About.com Profile of Coretta Scott King, Human Rights Advocate 
 Coretta Scott King entry from African American Lives – OUP Blog 
 A King Among Men (King family vegetarianism) 
 Coretta Scott King at Find-A-Grave

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