- Collection:
- Encyclopedia of Alabama
- Title:
- Coretta Scott King
- Creator:
- Uffelman, Minoa D.
- Date of Original:
- 2008-03-12
- Subject:
- African American civil rights workers
Civil rights workers
African American women civil rights workers
Women civil rights workers
African American civic leaders
Civic leaders
African American women civic leaders
Women civic leaders
African American social reformers
Social reformers
African American women social reformers
Women social reformers
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights--United States
Civil rights--Georgia
Civil rights--Alabama
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights movements--Georgia
Civil rights movements--Alabama
Civil rights demonstrations--United States
Civil rights demonstrations--Georgia
Civil rights demonstrations--Alabama
Protest marches--Alabama
Protest marches--Washington (D.C.)
Education--Alabama--Marion
Education--Ohio--Yellow Springs
Women--Education--Alabama--Marion
Women--Education--Ohio--Yellow Springs
Women--Education--Massachusetts--Boston
African American women--Education--Alabama--Marion
African American women--Education--Ohio--Yellow Springs
African American women--Education--Massachusetts--Boston
Universities and colleges--Graduate work
New England Conservatory of Music--Graduate work
African Americans--Education--Alabama
African Americans--Education--Ohio
African Americans--Education (Graduate)--Massachusetts--Boston
Music--Study and teaching (Graduate)
Concerts--United States
Fund raising--United States
Montgomery Improvement Association
Boycotts--Alabama--Montgomery
Buses--Alabama--Montgomery
Bombings--Alabama--Montgomery
Dynamite--Alabama--Montgomery
Mass meetings--Alabama--Montgomery
Segregation--Alabama--Montgomery
Segregation in transportation--Alabama--Montgomery
Discrimination--Alabama--Montgomery
Race discrimination--Alabama--Montgomery
Race relations
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relation--History--20th century
Montgomery (Ala.)--Politics and government--20th century
Holidays--United States
Holidays--Georgia
Nonviolence--United States
Passive resistance--United States
Nobel Prizes
Nobel Prize winners--United States
Civil disobedience
Disarmament
Peace
Peace--Awards
Assassination--Tennessee--Memphis
Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Strikes and lockouts--Sanitation--Tennessee
Wages--Sanitation workers--Tennessee--Memphis
Poor People's Campaign
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Social justice--United States
Social justice--Southern States
Equality--United States
Equality--Southern States
Justice
Fairness
Liberty
Anti-apartheid activists--United States
Anti-apartheid movements--United States
Assassination--Investigation--Tennessee--Memphis
New Birth Missionary Baptist Church (Lithonia, Ga.)
Sanitation Workers Strike, Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church (Montgomery, Ala.)
Ebenezer Baptist Church (Atlanta, Ga.)
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Washington, D.C., 1963
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day--United States
Martin Luther King, Jr., Day--Georgia
Spouses of clergy--Alabama--Montgomery
Spouses of clergy--Georgia--Atlanta
African American singers--Georgia
Singers--Georgia
African American women singers--Georgia - People:
- King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, 32.22026, -86.20761
United States, Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery, 32.36681, -86.29997
United States, Alabama, Perry County, Heiberger, 32.75818, -87.28667
United States, Alabama, Perry County, Marion, 32.63235, -87.31917
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Massachusetts, Suffolk County, Boston, 42.35843, -71.05977
United States, Ohio, Greene County, Yellow Springs, 39.80645, -83.88687
United States, Southern States, 33.346678, -84.119434 - Medium:
- articles
interactive resource - Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Coretta Scott King, most widely known as the wife and widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who carried on his vision of nonviolent protest to effect social change after his death in 1968. She founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change that year and later opposed apartheid in South Africa and participated in other human rights struggles.
The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership Grant for Libraries awarded to the University of Georgia by the Institute of Museum and Library Services for the aggregation and enhancement of partner metadata. - Metadata URL:
- http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/face/Article.jsp?id=h-1489
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