Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott Kingwas an American author, activist, and civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1953 until his death in 1968. Coretta Scott King helped lead the African-American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. King was an active advocate for African-American equality. King met her husband while in college, and their participation escalated until they became central to the movement. In her early life, Coretta was an accomplished singer, and she often incorporated music into...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth27 April 1927
CityHeiberger, AL
CountryUnited States of America
Coretta Scott King quotes about
We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.
How many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? How long will it take?
Hate is too great a burden to bear....
Violence diminishes our humanity.
This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God's will for your life.
When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there's no hope. But then, Easter comes.
...We have an historic opportunity for a great global healing and renewal. If we will accept the challenge of nonviolent activism with faith, courage, and determination, we can bring this great vision of a world united in peace and harmony from a distant ideal into glowing reality.
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn't as good as a white child.