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    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...
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  • Scott King may refer to: Scott King (artist) (born 1969) Scott King (ice hockey, born 1967), Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played with the Detroit...
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    leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he was also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King, and Yolanda King; and also grandson...
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    in 1963, King told his wife, Coretta Scott King, "This is what is going to happen to me also. I keep telling you, this is a sick society." King traveled...
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    advocate. The elder son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, King served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian...
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    FBI, and Martin Luther King, Jr. King, Martin Luther Jr.; King, Coretta Scott; King, Dexter Scott (1998). The Martin Luther King Jr. Companion: Quotations...
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    first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking...
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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father died in 1968. In her adolescence, King chose to work towards becoming...
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  • The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA)...
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    Coretta Scott King in two films: Boycott (2001) and Selma (2014). While preparing for the role in Boycott, she met with King and was given King's blessing...
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    Martin Luther King Sr., were pastors — as well as, the grave site of King, Jr., and his wife, civil rights activist Coretta Scott King. The park is administered...
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    been released in 1972, King was pardoned in 1983 by Ohio Governor Jim Rhodes, with letters from Jesse Jackson, Coretta Scott King, George Voinovich, Art...
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    name as Barbara Ann Scott King. A local arena was named after her in Nepean, Ontario, as part of the Pinecrest Recreation Centre. Scott was made an Officer...
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    Magazine. King was named one of Time magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2019". Gayle King's parents are Peggy Tucker and Emmett Scott King. King was...
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    established the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission" to oversee observance of the holiday, and Coretta Scott King, King's wife, was made a member...
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    neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. For the work, Reynolds won the 2015 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent from the American Library Association...
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  • books. Pinkney has won two Caldecott Honors, four Coretta Scott King Honors and a Coretta Scott King Award, and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award. The Faithful...
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    National Teacher of the Year. She is a five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award for books about the young and adolescent African-American experience...
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  • Edythe Scott Bagley (December 13, 1924 – June 11, 2011) was an American author, activist, and educator. The older sister of Coretta Scott King, she worked...
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    negative reactions from Ilyasah Shabazz and Bernice King, the daughters of Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King. Bassett appeared as Secret Service director...
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    Scott L. King was mayor of Gary, Indiana from 1996 to 2006, when he resigned. King received his bachelor's degree from Concordia University and his law...
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    package. King's wife Coretta Scott said the tapes comprised only mumbo jumbo. The letter does not specify exactly what action it is urging King to undertake;...
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  • Scott King (born 1969) is a graphic designer and visual artist. Past experiences include Art Director of i-D and Creative Director of Sleazenation magazines...
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    Ebony brought Shabazz together with Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, for a photo shoot. Before the meeting, both...
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    rights leader Coretta Scott King in 2006, BET broadcast its regularly scheduled music video programming, rather than covering King's funeral live, as was...
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    Martin Luther King Jr.'s most trusted lieutenants and perhaps best known for organizing and leading the first Selma March. Coretta Scott King did not endorse...
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  • Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald (October 26, 1921 – June 18, 1986) was an American writer and journalist and the only child of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald...
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    spent his childhood years in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where activist Coretta Scott King was his babysitter. He spent his teenage years in Akron (living at Stan...
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    Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died on January 30, 2006, after arriving at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito...
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  • Loyd Jowers (category Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.)
    Coretta Scott King stated that "there is abundant evidence of a major high level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband, Martin Luther King, Jr.....
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