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Coretta Scott King
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American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Coretta Scott King (1927–2006) was an American author and public figure. She had four children and is associated with several published works, including *My Life, My Love, My Legacy*, *My life with Martin Luther King, Jr*, and *What If I Am A Woman? - Volume Two*. Other listed works include *Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Autumn 1969 Selections* and *Julian Bond*.
Her writings have been referenced in 1,854 other encyclopedia articles. King expressed her commitment to social change in statements such as, "I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality," and "Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul."
Synthesized by Vinony from 18 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1927
- Died
- 2006
- Works
- 17
Top works
- Reader's Digest Condensed Books--Autumn 1969 Selections
- Julian Bond
- My Life, My Love, My Legacy
- My life with Martin Luther King, Jr
- What If I Am A Woman? - Volume Two
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 25
- Total plays
- 59
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.
· 2003 · cited 67,636x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,803x
- SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python
· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- Going deeper with convolutions
· 2015 · cited 32,859x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,940x
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Quotes
- “I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.”
- “We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.”
- “Our Congress passes laws that subsidize corporations, farms, oil companies, airlines, and houses for suburbia, but when they turn their attention to the poor they suddenly become concerned about balancing the budget and cut back on funds for Head Start.”
- “Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”
- “Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.”
- “The more visible signs of protest are gone, but I think there is a realization that the tactics of the late sixties are not sufficient to meet the challenges of the seventies.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- King
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marion
- Place of death
- Rosarito
- Spouse
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Child
- Yolanda King
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- New England Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Baptists
- Field of work
- politics
- Image
- Coretta Scott King 1964.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
Show 13 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Coretta Scott King
- date of birth
- 1927-04-27
- date of death
- 2006-01-30
- topic's main category
- Category:Coretta Scott King
- Commons gallery
- Coretta Scott King
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- member of
- Alpha Kappa Alpha
- name in native language
- Coretta Scott King
- lifestyle
- veganism
- cause of death
- ovarian cancer
- P12749
- Frank Hoffmeister
- relative
- Alveda King
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Encyclopedic overview
Martin Luther King Jr. is welcomed with a kiss from his wife, Coretta Scott King, after leaving court in Montgomery, AL, on March 22, 1956 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 Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston. They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.
King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's assassination in 1968, when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement. King founded the King Center, and sought to make his birthday a national holiday. She finally succeeded when Ronald Reagan signed legislation which established Martin Luther King Jr., Day on November 2, 1983. She later broadened her scope to include both advocacy for LGBTQ rights and opposition to apartheid. King became friends with many politicians before and after Martin's death, including John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Robert F. Kennedy. Her telephone conversation with John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential election has been credited by historians for mobilizing African-American voters.
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