King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

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Coretta Scott King (b. April 27, 1927, Marion, AL–d. Jan. 30, 2006, Rosarito Beach, Mexico) was the wife of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. She attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and earned a degree from the New England Conservatory of Music studying under Marie Sundelius. She met King in Boston and they were married in 1953. They had four children: Yolanda (1955), Martin III (1957), Dexter (1961), and Bernice (1963).The King family lived in Montgomery, Alabama.

Mrs. King conceived and performed a series of Freedom Concerts and worked alongside her husband in his Civil Rights career. After her husband’s assassination in 1968, Mrs. King founded and devoted great energy and commitment to building and developing programs for the Atlanta-based Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change. In 1974 she formed a coalition dedicated to a national policy of full employment and equal economic opportunity. In 1983, she brought together more than 800 human rights organizations to form the Coalition of Conscience. She helped organize Mobilization Against Fear and Intimidation in Forsyth County, Georgia (1987). Mrs. King served as head of the U.S. delegation of Women for a Meaningful Summit in Athens, Greece (1988) and co-convener of the Soviet-American Women’s Summit in Washington, DC (1990).

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referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Video Recordings from the "Electronic Dialogue" Program Series. 1983 - 1990. CORETTA SCOTT KING GREETING National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Records of, Sojourner, (inclusive), (bulk), 1920-2004, 1975-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
contributorOf Incoming and Outgoing Correspondence of Chairperson Coretta Scott King, 1984 - 1995 National Archives at Atlanta
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referencedIn National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees. Series 1, Subseries 1, Sub-subseries 9. Ted Mitchell interviews, 1975-1976. Cornell University Library
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referencedIn Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall. Records of the Fellowship of Helen Hadley Hall, Yale University 1945-1978 (inclusive). Yale University Library
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referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Records of the Women's Equity Action League, 1966-1979 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers of Walter Nathaniel Ridley [manuscript], 1942-1978. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn F. Randolph Swartz Collection. 1970 - 1970. Motion Picture Film. 1970 - 1970. THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 13-15, 1969 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-. Papers of Sarah-Patton Boyle, 1949-1970. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn Durr, Virginia Foster. Papers: Series I, 1919-1988 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn The Papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz., 1784-1991 Irving S. Gilmore Music Library
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referencedIn Brayboy, Ella Mae, 1919-. Ella Mae Brayboy papers, 1935-1994 (bulk 1970-1991). Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Central Library
referencedIn Davies, Diana, 1938-. Papers 1960-1996 (ongoing). Smith College, Neilson Library
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creatorOf Boyle, Sarah-Patton, 1906-. Papers of Sarah-Patton Boyle 1938-1988 (bulk 1944-1975). University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006. Letter, 1970 April 2 : to Charles L. Blockson. Temple University, Blockson Afro-American History Collection
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referencedIn Series 5. Charleston Medical College Hospital Strike interviews, 1979-1980, bulk 1980. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
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referencedIn Kotz, Nick. Papers, 1935-2004. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Sarah-Patton Boyle Papers, ca. 1938-1988 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice. Photographs of Agency Personnel and Buildings. ca. 1979-1993. National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Martin, Louise O., 1911-1995. Louise O. Martin photographs, 1947-1970. Library of Congress
referencedIn Charles Thomas Jr. Papers, 1965-1994, 1968-1980 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. Martin Luther King, Jr., papers, 1955-1970 (bulk 1963-1969). Library of Congress
creatorOf Speeches by Commission Chairperson Coretta Scott King, ca. 1984 - 1995 National Archives at Atlanta
referencedIn Publicity photographs of U.S. Senator Hugh Scott, 1958-1973. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Audiotape collection of the National Women's Conference, 1977 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Horowitz, Vladimir, 1903-1989. The papers of Vladimir and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, 1784-1991 (inclusive). Yale University, Music Library
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referencedIn Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006. Papers, 1933-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Guide to the Sam Reiss Photographs, circa 1930-1975 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
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contributorOf Correspondence of the Chairperson and the Executive Director, 1989 - 1995 National Archives at Atlanta
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referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Hold File Photographs Relating to American Political, Cultural, and Economic Activities, Prominent U.S. and Foreign Personalities, and World Events National Archives at College Park

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Place Name Admin Code Country
Rosarito 09 MX
Marion (Ala.) US
Crescent City (Fla.) FL US
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Birth 1927-04-27

Death 2006-01-30

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