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Coretta Scott King
1969/1989
Lewis, Boyd, 1944
View of Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to unidentified individuals about plans for a January 15th birthday observance for her late husband, in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Title:
- Coretta Scott King
- Creator:
- Lewis, Boyd, 1944
- Date Created:
- 1969/1989
- Description:
View of Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking to unidentified individuals about plans for a January 15th birthday observance for her late husband, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), the wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was a Civil Rights activist who worked alongside her husband to promote nonviolent social change in race relations in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s. After her husband's assassination, she founded the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change in Atlanta in 1968.
Item details
- Partner:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Contributing Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Subjects:
- African Americans--1970-1980
Women--1970-1980
Civil rights leaders--Georgia--Atlanta
Hairstyles--1970-1980
King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 - Type:
- image
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