- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCoretta Scott
- Nickname
- Corrie
- Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Marion, Alabama, USA. She was married to Martin Luther King Jr.. She died on January 30, 2006 in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico.
- SpouseMartin Luther King Jr.(June 18, 1953 - April 4, 1968) (his death, 4 children)
- Children
- ParentsObadiah ScottBernice McMurry Scott
- RelativesYolanda Renee King(Grandchild)Edythe Scott Begley(Sibling)Obie Leonard Scott(Sibling)Delano Little(Cousin)
- She has Native American ancestry.
- Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated
- In 1969 Mrs. King founded the multi million dollar Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
- In 2017, Jefferson "Jeff" Sessions III became the Attorney General of the United States of America. Over 30 years earlier, Coretta Scott King personally wrote a letter to the Senate expressing why she believes Jeff Sessions should have never become a federal judge due to her experiences with him during the Civil Rights Era in Alabama.
- Coretta Scott King was suffering from advanced ovarian cancer at the time of her death.
- Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
- I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother - and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people.
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