The My Itty-Bitty Bio series are biographies for the earliest readers. This book examines the life of Coretta Scott King in a simple, age-appropriate way that will help children develop word recognition and reading skills. Includes a timeline and other informative backmatter.
A biography of Coretta Scott King, discussing her childhood, family, marriage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and her lifelong fight for civil rights.
The wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King was a civil rights leader in her own right, playing a prominent role in the African American struggle for racial equality in the 1960s.
I used to go out in the woods and sit for hours, thinking and meditating. ... Of course, while my memoir is about me, it is about Martin, too. ... Yet, I did have a life after Martin, just as I had a life before Martin.
Since then the nation and the world have seen the beauty and composure of Coretta Scott King as she assumed her role in the tumult of the Civil Rights Movement, stepped forth boldly and bravely when Dr. King was assassinated, and then set ...
It is located in Atlanta, Georgia, in Martin's old neighborhood. Part of the neighborhood has become the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. It is open to visitors who want to tour the place where he grew up.
Celebrate the life of the extraordinary civil and human rights activist Coretta Scott King with this picture book adaptation of her critically acclaimed adult memoir.
Coretta Scott King worked to keep alive the dream of equality that her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. stood for, and she fought for many other causes close to her heart. This book depicts her life and her passion for civil-rights causes.
Coretta Scott King is well known for being the wifeĆof Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and for her own civil rights and world peace activism.
"Biography of the wife of assassinated civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr."--Source other than the Library of Congress
Immediately, the city of Montgomery appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, who upheld the ruling of the federal court in November 1956 via Browder v. Gayle. Coretta was in the courtroom at the time this decision was announced.