Coretta Scott King (1927-2006) was an American civil-rights activist and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. Born in Heiberger, Alabama, she studied at Antioch College and the New England Conservatory of Music, married King in 1953, and moved with him to Montgomery, where she endured constant threats during the bus boycott and was at home with her infant daughter when their house was bombed in 1956. She raised money through Freedom Concerts for the movement. After her husband's assassination in 1968 she became a leader in her own right: she founded the center for nonviolent social change in Atlanta in 1971 and led it until 1994, toured South Africa in 1986 and worked to preserve his legacy until her death in 2006.
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RoleAfrican-American civil-rights activist 1 Role
Role (category)Civil Rights / Social Leader 1 Connections
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African-American civil-rights activist
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Wife of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
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Born Coretta Scott, April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama
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died Jan 31, 2006, at a hospital in Mexico
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founded Center for Non-Violent Change (1971)
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