#Coretta Scott King

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Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King enjoying a Sunday dinner with their children at home in Atlanta on November 8, 1964.

Photos by Flip Schulke

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Dr. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta are smiling and cheerful during their interview at Harlem Hospital on September 30, 1958, as King recovers from a near-fatal stabbing ten days earlier at a book signing in Harlem.

Photo: Al Pucci for the NY Daily News

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Today We Honor Martin & Coretta

Marriage & Movement: It’s what made this couple’s union so special.

Coretta once said, “After we married, we moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where my husband had accepted an invitation to be the pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church. Before long, we found ourselves in the middle of the Montgomery bus boycott, and Martin was elected leader of the protest movement. As the boycott continued, I had a growing sense that I was involved in something so much greater than myself, something of profound historic importance.

I came to the realization that we had been thrust into the forefront of a movement to liberate oppressed people, not only in Montgomery but also throughout our country, and this movement had worldwide implications. I felt blessed to have been called to be a part of such a noble and historic cause.”

CARTER™️ Magazine

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Coretta Scott King posing with her children [with a portrait of her late husband, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, in the background] (1972)

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Martin Luther King Jr vacationing with his wife, Coretta Scott King in Jamaica (1967) 💙

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Genius: MLK/X (2024)

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Coretta Scott King with her daughters Yolanda King and Bernice King at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on November 8, 1964. 

Photos by Flip Schulke

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"Tuskegee University Archives recently released new recordings from the Tuskegee Civic Association records that feature prominent leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. These speeches address the Tuskegee community by civil rights leaders like John Lewis and Coretta Scott King, fill in historical gaps to illuminate the relationships between leaders and their constituents."

The Chapel Collection audio recordings–yes, audio is now on JSTOR!–are freely available for listening. Hear the recordings on JSTOR or learn more about the collection from JSTOR Daily.

Image credit: Tuskegee University Archives. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. March 25, 1965.

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She Gave Us King

Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist and wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born in Marion, AL, on this date April 27, 1927.

Before the world knew Martin Luther King Jr., there was Coretta Scott. We have always heard the saying “In order to know where you’re going, you must know where you came from.” Well this still is revelant today.

Coretta’s father was an entrepreneur and knew injustice all to well, when his business was burned down. Despite challenging odds, her mother risked her safety by busing her children and the children of others, to the only Black school in their vicinity. Her older sister was a pioneer, becoming the first African American to attend college on integrated terms.

Corettta graduated valedictorian of her high school and studied music and education in college. For these experiences, along with her family’s quest for justice, became the building blocks for her activism. She was active on her local school board, NAACP and college’s Race Relations and Civil Liberties Committees. Because Scott used music as a way to create change, it only made sense to bring life to it in her civil rights work as well.

The tools that her family instilled in her such as perseverance, ambition and hope, prepared her for one of her greatest roles. Being the foundation of a people, lead by one man. by Syreeta Gates for CARTER™️ Magazine

CARTER Magazine