15 facts that show why Coretta Scott King was a true icon
Born April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, she faced segregation head-on from childhood, walking five miles to school while ...
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Biden commutes sentence for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier
Advocates for his release have included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, civil rights icon Coretta Scott King, actor and director Robert Redford, and musicians Pete Seeger, Harry Belafonte and Jackson Browne.
MLK III speaks from same LI stage as his father did almost 60 years ago
Martin Luther King III, son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at Great Neck South High School, the same stage ...
Learn About Civil Rights Activist Coretta Scott King, Including How She Met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Related: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30 Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King is best ...
Newbery medal for best children’s book is given to Erin Entrada Kelly’s ‘The First State of Being’
Erin Entrada Kelly’s “The First State of Being,” a coming-of-age story that blends time travel and the approaching millennium of the year 2000, has won the John Newbery Medal ...
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Joy and pain
For Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday commemoration to be recognized on the same day that Dr. King’s very antithesis is inaugurated into the presidency is to bring Frankie Beverly’s song ...
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Top-ranked UCLA making most of 8-day East Coast trip on and off the court
It started with a victory over No. 25 Baylor on Monday in New Jersey in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic and then continued with a win over Big Ten foe Rutgers on Thursday. The trip will ...
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Malcolm X's daughter reveals what life around King family was like at annual MLK Breakfast
Betty Shabazz and Coretta Scott King. That was one of several aspects revealed by Malcolm X’s daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz, at the 18th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast at Texas A&M ...
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The Bishop Who Spoke Truth to Trump Was Doing Her Job
But the bishop answered to a higher moral calling. John Nichols ...
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No. 8 Maryland women’s basketball falters against No. 7 Texas, 89-51
NEWARK, N.J. — Madison Booker scored 28 points and No. 7 Texas routed eighth-ranked Maryland 89-51 on Monday in the inaugural Coretta Scott King Classic. The doubleheader that also featured No ...
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'An important day': Durham Museum honors Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders
Forss said Brown was friends with King and his wife, Coretta Scott King. She believes the Kings took inspiration from Brown and the DePorres Club’s boycott to organize the Montgomery bus boycott ...
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The Sports Report: Clippers, missing Leonard and Zubac, fall to the Bulls
It’s the first time the names of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have been licensed for a sporting event. UCLA (18-0) jumped all over Baylor to build an early double-digit ...