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Coretta Scott King : a biography

Author: Laura T McCarty
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009.
Series: Greenwood biographies.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the Publisher: Coretta Scott was committed to social justice long before she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She shared in all the dangers that King's prominence in the civil rights movement brought, and she saw herself as full partner in the movement. Yet she generally remained in the background, supporting King's work and caring for their children, until his assassination transformed her into a  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
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McCarty, Laura T.
Coretta Scott King.
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2009
(OCoLC)669386103
Named Person: Coretta Scott King; Martin Luther King, Jr.; Coretta Scott King
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Laura T McCarty
ISBN: 9780313349812 0313349819
OCLC Number: 243543948
Description: xxv, 160 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Series foreword --
Acknowledgments --
Timeline: Events in the Life of Coretta Scott King --
Introduction --
1: Black belt heritage --
2: Journey north and back --
3: Beginnings: family, work, movement --
4: Putting down roots in Atlanta --
5: Difficult days --
6: Becoming a widow --
7: Establishing his and her legacy: the King Center --
8: Four children, another legacy --
9: Difficult times for the King Center --
10: Coretta on the international stage --
11: Guardians of Martin's image and words --
12: Reopening the King assassination --
13: Coretta's last acts --
14: Homegoing services --
15: Coretta Scott King Book Awards --
Conclusion --
Selected resources --
Index.
Series Title: Greenwood biographies.
Responsibility: Laura T. McCarty.

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In the dark days following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King courageously emerged from her supporting role in the civil rights movement to preserve King's legacy of  Read more...

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