
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-04-27
Deathday
2006-01-30
Place of Birth
Heiberger, Alabama, USA
Coretta Scott King
Biography
Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Coretta Scott King, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For

4 Little Girls
as Self

Lions Love
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

King in the Wilderness
as Self (archive footage)

I Am Somebody
as Self

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)

Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
as Self

The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

MLK: The Assassination Tapes
as Self (archive Footage)

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
as Self (archive footage)