King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's assassination in 1968 when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement.
Ponia King iškilo po jos vyro nužudymo 1968 m., kai ji pati perėmė kovos už rasinę lygybę lyderystę, bei tapo aktyvia Moterų judėjimo nare.