Coretta Scott King

• Famous Quote:

“What most did not understand then was that I was not only married to the man I loved, but I was also married to the movement that I loved”

• General Information

I was born in Heiberger, Alabama on April 27, 1927. My parent's names were Bernice and Obadiah Scott, they lived in Perry County, Alabama. When I was younger, i had to walk five miles a day just to go to my elementary school in Marion, Alabama. I attended Lincoln High School after elementary school. After high school i went to Antioch College in Ohio to continue my studies at New England Conservatory of Music. I met Martin Luther King Jr. in Boston and we got married on June 18. 1953. We had 4 kids; Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine. I went on marches with MLK, spreading nonviolent social change. He got assassinated on April 4, 1968, but I kept spreading advocating. I died January 30, 2006.

• Accomplishments:

1. I made my husband's birthday a national holiday. (January 15)
2. First woman to do the Class Day address in Harvard.
3. "The first woman to preach at a statutory service at St. Paul's Cathedral in London" (https://docs.google.com/a/apps.avon.k12.ma.us/document/d/14v-d0m6j9Pt55d-tbc2NwNpWCA-EbBGZ4r5RoodSads/edit)
4. Created the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change to fulfill my husband's work and to act as a memorial for his life and dreams.

• Education:

Elementary: I went to an very run-down school for blacks when I was younger.

High-School: I went to Lincoln High School, which is a private high school for African Americans in Marion. I graduated as the valedictorian of my class at in 1945.

College: I got accepted in Antioch College in Ohio where I majored in music and elementary education.

After College: I went to New England Conservatory of Music to study  violin and voice.

• Profession:

I was an activist. I fought for the social equality of African Americans. I helped Martin Luther King Jr. spread word about nonviolent social change. I gave Freedom Concerts and speeches to raise funds for the movement. "Throughout the 1950s and '60s, Coretta took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955, journeyed to Ghana to mark that nation's independence in 1957, traveled to India on a pilgrimage in 1959 and worked to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act (http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067?page=1)

• Fun Facts:

I LOVE to sing.

My sister went to Lincoln High with me.

Me and Martin got married on my front lawn in 1953.

In 1956 our house in Montgomery was bombed by segregationist.

• Organizations and memberships:

1. New Coalition of Conscience
2. Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
3. NAACP
4. Antioch's Race Relations and Civil Liberties Committees 
5. Montgomery Bus Boycott 
6. Full Employment Action Council

Citations:

Profile picture: http://lifeandtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/coretta-scott-king.jpg

Education: Extra Ordinary people of the Civil Rights Movement by Sheila hardy and P. Stephen Hardy

Profession: http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067?page=1 & Extra Ordinary people of the Civil Rights Movement Sheila hardy and P. Stephen Hardy

Signature quote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/therootdc/post/coretta-scott-king-martin-luther-kings-other-half/2011/10/20/gIQA2t853L_blog.html

General Information: http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin1bio-1

Organization and memberships:  http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/page/kin1bio-1 & Extra Ordinary people of the Civil Rights Movement by Sheila hardy and P. Stephen Hardy

Goal: http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/king_c_s.htm

Pictures: http://www.biography.com/people/coretta-scott-king-9542067/photos

Fun Facts: 

Extra Ordinary people of the Civil Rights Movement by Sheila hardy and P. Stephen Hardy