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    Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin...
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  • Coretta Scott may refer to: Coretta Scott (band), a rock band from Spokane, Washington Coretta Scott King, née Coretta Scott, American author, activist...
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  • The Coretta Scott King Award is an annual award presented by the Coretta Scott King Book Award Round Table, part of the American Library Association (ALA)...
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    the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, King told his wife, Coretta Scott King, "This is what is going to happen to me also. I keep telling you...
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    The second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, he was also the brother of Martin Luther King III, Bernice King...
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  • governmental agencies." At a press conference following the verdict, Coretta Scott King stated that "there is abundant evidence of a major high level conspiracy...
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    she knew any nice Southern girls. Powell spoke to fellow student Coretta Scott; Scott was not interested in dating preachers but eventually agreed to allow...
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    first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking...
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  • Edythe Scott Bagley (December 13, 1924 – June 11, 2011) was an American author, activist, and educator. The older sister of Coretta Scott King, she worked...
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  • culture Brian Lowry (2013-01-30). "Betty & Coretta". Variety. Retrieved 2016-09-27. "Betty Shabazz & Coretta Scott King Daughters Say Film Is Full Of Inaccuracies;...
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    the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was five years old when her father died in 1968. In her adolescence...
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    Representative Sensenbrenner introduced the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006. The...
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    True Detective (2019). Ejogo has appeared as civil rights activist Coretta Scott King in two films: Boycott (2001) and Selma (2014). While preparing...
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    advocate. The elder son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, King served as the fourth president of the Southern Christian...
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    won the 2015 Newbery Medal and was selected as an Honor book for the Coretta Scott King Award. The Crossover, Booked, Out of Wonder, Solo, Becoming Mohammed...
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    Delta Airlines Boeing 757-200 N6716C is named for Lowery. In 2006, at Coretta Scott King's funeral, Lowery received a standing ovation when he denounced...
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    in I Ain't Scared Of You. Bassett portrayed Coretta Scott King in the television film Betty and Coretta, which aired on February 2, 2013, continuing...
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  • Coretta Scott is an American rock band from Spokane, Washington. Coretta Scott were formed in 2003 in Spokane, Washington. While the band were part of...
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    neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. For the work, Reynolds won the 2015 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe Award for New Talent from the American Library Association...
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  • children's books. Pinkney has won two Caldecott Honors, four Coretta Scott King Honors and a Coretta Scott King Award, and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award. The...
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    1995 and brought him immediate national recognition, receiving the Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award and the Newbery Honor Book Award in addition to...
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    together with Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, for a photo shoot. Before the meeting, both women were worried...
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  • published under Simon & Schuster/McElderry. Legendborn received the Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent as well as a nomination...
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  • The Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy (CSKYWLA) was opened in Atlanta, Georgia, United States in August 2007. For a short time the academy...
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    Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died on January 30, 2006, after arriving at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito...
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    In 2004, she was nominated for the National Book Award and named the Coretta Scott King Honoree for "The Legend of Buddy Bush" In 2009, her novel "Joseph"...
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  • canceled after one season. In 2023, Patterson played civil rights leader Coretta Scott King in the n biographical drama film, Rustin directed by George C....
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    Nevertheless, she persisted (category Coretta Scott King)
    Senator Sessions." Senator Warren continued by reading a letter that Coretta Scott King had written to the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1986: Civil rights...
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    portraying real-life women, most recently as Coretta Scott King in the television movie Betty and Coretta. This role gave Bassett her second Screen Actors...
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    images of black Americans. Following the death of civil rights leader Coretta Scott King in 2006, BET broadcast its regularly scheduled music video programming...
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