In Honor Of Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King, widower of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has made her transition. She was 78. Her life work will be remembered not for the prizes and awards she earned, but what she stood for and the many sacrifices she has made for African Americans. As I take this moment of silence, I'm blessed to say that we have some very great people representing us and everyday in my life I would recognize them for the good work they have done. I hope you do the same.
Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King
Junior, pictured here in a file photo from 2002, (AFP/File/W.A. Harewood)
Coretta Scott King and her husband Martin Luther King 09 December 1964 in Oslo, Noraway where the US clergyman and civil rights leader received the Nobel Peace Prize. (AFP/HO/File)
US clergyman and civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C), 27, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, emerge 23 March 1956 from Montgomery Court House, following his trial on charges of conspiring to boycott segregated city buses. (AFP/HO/File)
Members of the Martin Luther King, Jr., family, Coretta Scott King, right and her sons, Martin Luther King III, left; and son Dexter Scott King, lower their eyes as they sing 'We Shall Over Come' during a wreath-laying ceremony at the King crypt in Atlanta in observance of the 29th anniversary of the assassination of her husband and their father in this April 4, 1997, file photo. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
Coretta Scott King bows her head with her children, the Rev. Bernice King, left, Dexter King, and Martin Luther King III, right, as they pay their respects at the crypt of her husband and their father, slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta in this Dec. 9, 1999, file photo. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali embraces Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., at a news conference in Atlanta, Ga., launching a celebration for the first national holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader, in this Jan. 10, 1986, file photo. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
Coretta Scott King, widow of slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., chats with former President Jimmy Carter, in Atlanta at a 'Salute To Greatness' dinner in this Jan. 18, 1986, file photo. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., walks a picket line with others to protest apartheid in South Africa, in this Nov. 29, 1984 file photo, at the South African Embassy in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi, File)
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, sit with three of their four children in their Atlanta, Ga, home, in this March 17, 1963 file photo. From left are: Martin Luther King III, 5, Dexter Scott, 2, and Yolanda Denise, 7. (AP Photo)
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss by his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Ala., in this March 22, 1956 file photo.(AP Photo/Gene Herrick)
Important Links
Coretta Scott King Dies at 78
The King Center
The Martin Luther King Jr., Research And Education Institute
Martin Luther King Jr.'s FBI file
Department of Justice investigation on King assassination
Speeches of Martin Luther King
"The MLK you don't see on TV" from FAIR