King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006

Authoritative Name:
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Biography:
Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927-January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. and a noted community leader in her own right.
Associated Subjects:
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006--Death and burial
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006--Speeches, addresses, etc.
Archival Collections And Reference Resources:

281 items in 32 collections (expand all)

Charleston Hospital Strike, printed materials, 1969

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. Local 1199 Drug and Hospital Employees Union (New York, N.Y.)
Foner, Moe, 1915-
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Date of Original:
1969
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Effective Union Action in Civil Rights conference, program and printed materials, 1977-1978

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Kehrer, E.T., 1921-1996
Hoehler, Fred K., Jr.
Jones-Wilson, Faustine C. (Faustine Childress), 1927-
Donahue, Thomas R.
Finley, Murray H.
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Date of Original:
1977
1978
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

King Center 'I Have a Dream' Celebration

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Date of Original:
1982
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

King Center for Non-Violent Social Change

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Clausen, A. W.
Date of Original:
1985
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

King Center for Non-Violent Social Change

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Full Employment Action Council (Washington, D.C.)
Date of Original:
1976
1977
1978
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

King Center for Non-Violent Social Change

Creator:
AFL-CIO. Civil Rights Department
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
Kehrer, E. T., 1921-1996
Farmer, Francesta E.
Date of Original:
1983
Collection:
AFL-CIO Southeast Division Civil Rights Department Records
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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Coretta Scott King smiling and waving on the last day of the Selma to Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Martin, Spider
Date of Original:
1965-03-25
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King, Harry Belafonte, and Ralph Bunche at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Martin, Spider
Date of Original:
1965-03-24
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, and other marchers in Jackson, Mississippi, near the end of the March Against Fear begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Metz, George
Date of Original:
1966-06-26
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King, Jr., Floyd McKissick, and other marchers in Jackson, Mississippi, near the end of the March Against Fear begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Jones, Ed
Metz, George
Date of Original:
1966-06-26
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Entertainers performing in front of the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Martin, Spider
Date of Original:
1965-03-25
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Harry Belafonte with other civil rights leaders at the "Stars for Freedom" rally at the City of St. Jude in Montgomery, Alabama, the night before the end of the Selma to Montgomery March.

Creator:
Martin, Spider
Date of Original:
1965-03-24
Collection:
Alabama Media Group Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Interview with Fred Shuttlesworth, December 6, 1997

Creator:
Shuttlesworth, Fred L., 1922-2011
Date of Original:
1997-12-06
Collection:
Anne Braden Oral History Project
Contributing Institution:
University of Kentucky

Alberta Williams King with Martin Luther King Sr., Coretta Scott King, during a celebration honoring Mrs. King for her years as church organist and director, 1972

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1972-09-11
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Civil rights summit discussing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 led by Coretta Scott King, 1975

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1975-01-13
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Coretta Scott King advocating the construction of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 1975

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1975-12-22
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Coretta Scott King and Cesar Chavez attend a service together for Martin Luther King Jr., 1974

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1974-01-15
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Sr. with an unidentified officer during services observing the death of Martin Luther King Jr., 1969

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1969-04-07
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Coretta Scott King and UN Ambassador Andrew Young visit the se of the mini-series "King," 1977

Creator:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Date of Original:
1977-06-20
Collection:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographs
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections
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Remarks of Barbara Jordan

Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Date of Original:
1936/1996
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

[Remarks of Barbara Jordan, Black Caucus Dinner Speech, September 29, 1974]

Creator:
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996
Date of Original:
1974-09-28
Collection:
Barbara C. Jordan Archives
Contributing Institution:
Texas Southern University. Library

Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration

Creator:
Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
Date of Original:
1966-01-31
Collection:
Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration

Creator:
Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
Date of Original:
1966-01-31
Collection:
Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Vine City Civil Rights Demonstration

Creator:
Wilson, Bill (William Bryan), 1914-1993
Date of Original:
1966-01-31
Collection:
Bill Wilson Photographs, 1938-1979, undated
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Barbara Vickers : Video Interview

Date of Original:
1900/2022
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Barbara Vickers : Video Interview

Date of Original:
1900/2022
Collection:
Civil Rights Library of St. Augustine
Contributing Institution:
Proctor Library

Coretta Scott King

Creator:
Uffelman, Minoa D.
Date of Original:
2008-03-12
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Bass, S. Jonathan
Date of Original:
2008-01-09
Collection:
Encyclopedia of Alabama
Contributing Institution:
Encyclopedia of Alabama (Project)

Coretta Scott King

Creator:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Date of Original:
1972/1990
Collection:
FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection
Contributing Institution:
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Congress of Racial Equality--Miscellaneous Publications; Pamphlet Collection, 69-318

Creator:
Congress of Racial Equality
Date of Original:
1942/1966
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office --Miscellany (Council of Federated Organizations Panola County Office records, 1963-1965; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 521, Box 1, Folder 13)

Creator:
Council of Federated Organizations (U.S.). Panola County Office (Miss.)
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--National clippings and loose clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1b)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Goodman--New York newspaper clippings (Carolyn Goodman papers, 1964-2000; Historical Society Library Microforms Room, Micro 833, Reel 1a)

Creator:
Goodman, Carolyn
Date of Original:
1964/1967
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 1)

Creator:
Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society

Lynd--Printed material, February 1963-October 1965 & undated (Staughton and Alice Lynd papers 1938-2008; Archives Main Stacks, Mss 395, Box 5, Folder 2)

Creator:
Lynd, Staughton
Date of Original:
1963/1965
Collection:
Freedom Summer Digital Collection
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society
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Mrs. Martin Luther King Jr. with Sam Jones

Creator:
Indianapolis recorder (Firm)
Date of Original:
1974-03-02
Collection:
Indianapolis recorder
Contributing Institution:
Indiana Historical Society

President Reagan Signs Bill Establishing Martin Luther King Day

Creator:
Indianapolis recorder (Firm)
Date of Original:
1983-11-12
Collection:
Indianapolis recorder
Contributing Institution:
Indiana Historical Society

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Creator:
Karales, James H.
Date of Original:
1962
Collection:
James H. Karales Photographs 1953-2006
Contributing Institution:
Duke University. Library

Coretta Scott King and her son Dexter, listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak to a crowd at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-12-10
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King and her son Dexter, listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak to a crowd at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-12-10
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King and her son Dexter, listening to Martin Luther King, Jr., speak to a crowd at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1967-12-10
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King and other women, standing behind the pulpit at Hall Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-12-03
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King and other women, standing behind the pulpit at Hall Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-12-03
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Coretta Scott King at a rest stop during the "March Against Fear" through Mississippi, begun by James Meredith.

Creator:
Peppler, Jim
Date of Original:
1966-06
Collection:
Jim Peppler Southern Courier Photograph Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History
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Charles Guptil interview with Warren Kirbo, “Homer Thigpen,” and Randy Walls (part one)

Creator:
Guptil, Charles
Kirbo, Warren, 1946-
Anonymous
Walls, Randy, 1949-
Date of Original:
1974
Collection:
John Burrison Georgia Folklore Archives Collection
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King at his Nobel Peace Prize recognition dinner, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1965

Creator:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1965-01-27
Collection:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize recognition dinner, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1965

Creator:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1965-01-27
Collection:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize recognition dinner, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1965. King and Coretta Scott King are in center

Creator:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1965-01-27
Collection:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Nobel Peace Prize recognition dinner, National Conference of Christians and Jews, Dinkier Plaza Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1965. King and Coretta Scott King on the right

Creator:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1965-01-27
Collection:
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
Contributing Institution:
Georgia State University. Special Collections

Charleston hospital strike--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1969-04-25
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Coretta Scott King on voter education and registration--outtakes

Creator:
WIS-TV
Date of Original:
1974-10-14
Collection:
Local Television Newsfilm Collections
Contributing Institution:
South Caroliniana Library

Coretta Scott King

Date of Original:
1968-04-06
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Coretta Scott King (1927-2006)

Creator:
McCarty, Laura
Date of Original:
2006-11-03
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

King's Crypt

Creator:
Wally Gobetz
Date of Original:
2013-05-06
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

SCLC Leaders Marching

Date of Original:
1966
Collection:
New Georgia Encyclopedia
Contributing Institution:
New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)

Harry Belafonte and Corretta Scott King at Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral

Creator:
Haun, Declan, 1937-1994
Date of Original:
1968-04-09
Collection:
Prints and Photographs Collection (Chicago History Museum)
Contributing Institution:
Chicago History Museum

Tom Houck, 28 September 2009.

Creator:
Houck, Thomas, 1947
Short, Bob, 1932
Date of Original:
2009-09-28
Collection:
Reflections on Georgia Politics oral history collection, 2006-2010
Contributing Institution:
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies

Southwind No. 131

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1985-04-04
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 151

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1986-01-16
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 176

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1987-01-15
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 5

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1981-01-09
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 66

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1983-04-15
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Southwind No. 74

Creator:
Lewis, Boyd, 1944-
Date of Original:
1983-08-15
Collection:
Southwind recordings
Contributing Institution:
Atlanta History Center

Ann Steel hopes Coretta King will continue her husband's work.

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1968-05-27
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

CORETTA SCOTT KING ACCEPTS DONATION

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1968-10-01
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Compilation of WSB-TV newsfilm clips of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. commenting on the continued segregation of the Lovett School as well as his return from the Nobel Peace Prize trip, Atlanta, Georgia, 1964 December and 1966 June

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1964-12-00
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Coretta King on the Poor People's Campaign in D.C. Joe Boone leading service before buses leave for D.C. (1968).

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1968
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Coretta King presides over black charity concert. Poor people given lunch at Morehouse College.

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1968-05-09
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection

Documentary of newly elected U.S. Congressman, Andrew Young (1973 or 1974)

Creator:
WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
Date of Original:
1973/1974
Collection:
WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
Contributing Institution:
Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
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WSFA audiovisual item D047.0005

Date of Original:
1965-05-11
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

WSFA audiovisual item D073.0016

Date of Original:
1958/1959
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

WSFA audiovisual item D150.0002

Date of Original:
1967/1975
Collection:
WSFA Collection
Contributing Institution:
Alabama. Department of Archives and History

Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Bradens

Date of Original:
1961-04-29
Collection:
Wisconsin Historical Images
Contributing Institution:
Wisconsin Historical Society