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Coretta Scott King
1927–2006
American civil rights leader (1927–2006)
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1927 April 27, 1927 →Death
2006 January 30, 2006 →Biography
Coretta Scott King 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.
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en Atlanta, cuatro presidentes estadounidenses acuden a los funerales de Coretta Scott King, viuda del líder negro asesinado Martin Luther King.
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