Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King

writer
politician
activist
politics
🇺🇸United States
✝️Baptist

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. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

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1927 – 2006
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Background

Born in
Marion
Educated at
New England ConservatoryAntioch CollegeAntioch University
Awards
🏆 Congressional Gold Medal🏆 Gandhi Peace Prize🏆 National Women's Hall of Fame

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  • 1927

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  • 2006

    Died

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