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  1. Sep 26, 2024 · Coretta Scott King (born April 27, 1927, Marion, Alabama, U.S.—died January 30, 2006, Rosarito, Mexico) was an American civil rights activist who was the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. Coretta Scott graduated from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and in 1951 enrolled at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

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  2. Gandhi Peace Prize. Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) 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.

  3. Jan 15, 2024 · Coretta Scott King played a pivotal role in establishing the country we live in today. Mrs. Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, and became a well-known ...

  4. Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968). She has gained an international reputation as an advocate (someone that supports a cause) for civil rights, nonviolence, international peace, and equal rights for women.

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · The author of My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. (1969), Coretta had four children with King: Yolanda Denise (1955-2007), Martin Luther III (b. 1957), Dexter Scott (b. 1961) and Bernice ...

  6. Jan 30, 2006 · The two were married at the Scott family home near Marion on 18 June 1953. After the wedding, they returned to Boston to complete their degrees. Coretta Scott King earned her bachelor of music degree in June 1954. Although Scott King was focused on raising the couple’s four children: Yolanda Denise King (1955), Martin Luther King, III (1957 ...

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  8. 2 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr., was a minister and social rights activist in the United States in the 1950s and ’60s. He was a leader of the . He organized a number of peaceful protests as head of the , including the in 1963. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and, at the time, he was the youngest person to have done so.