Coretta Scott King
American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. · United States · Writers · Lived 1927 to 2006 · aged 78
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Something wrong?Coretta Scott King 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.
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2011National Women's Hall of FameAward2008Alabama Women's Hall of FameAward2006Died30 January 20062004Gandhi Peace PrizeAward1987Candace AwardAward1984Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward1982Eugene V. Debs AwardAward1971Viareggio-Versilia International PrizeAward1969Wateler Peace PrizeAward1927Born27 April 1927
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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 and her husband Martin Luther King in 1964
King with her husband and daughter Yolanda in 1956
Coretta Scott with her husband and Vice President-elect Hubert Humphrey on December 17, 1964
King comforting daughter Bernice at her husband's funeral, in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Moneta Sleet Jr.
King attending the 1976 Democratic National Convention
Coretta Scott attends the signing of Martin Luther King Jr. Day by President Ronald Reagan on November 2, 1983Awards
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Writer / Author
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Lived 1927 to 2006 · aged 78
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