Coretta Scott was born on April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama. A civil rights activist and wife of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta fought for racial and social justice throughout her life. She passed away on January 31, 2006, at the age of 78. Her legacy is one of strength and courage in the face of adversity. Today we remember Coretta Scott as a powerful advocate for human rights and social change.
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When Good Friday comes, these are the moments in life when we feel there’s no hope. But then, Easter comes. — Coretta Scott King
People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives. — Coretta Scott King
This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life. — Coretta Scott King
I’m fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes–the finer things of life–would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense. — Coretta Scott King
Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. — Coretta Scott King
Lesbian and gay people are a permanent part of the American workforce, who currently have no protection from the arbitrary abuse of their rights on the job. — Coretta Scott King
I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation. — Coretta Scott King
If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is in trouble. — Coretta Scott King
When aroused the American conscience is a powerful force for reform. — Coretta Scott King
As an African American child growing up in the segregated South, I was told, one way or another, almost every day of my life, that I wasn’t as good as a white child. — Coretta Scott King
Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul. — Coretta Scott King
My story is a freedom song from within my soul. It is a guide to discovery, a vision of how even the worst pain and heartaches can be channeled into human monuments, impenetrable and everlasting. — Coretta Scott King
Marrying Martin and the movement perfected my journey of discovery, soothed my yearning to pour out the values and vision within my soul. — Coretta Scott King
When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone. — Coretta Scott King
Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing. — Coretta Scott King
Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind. — Coretta Scott King
I am convinced that the women of the world, united without any regard for national or racial dimensions, can become a most powerful force for international peace and brotherhood. — Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King was a civil rights activist. She was married to Martin Luther King, Jr., and joined him in civil rights activism in the 1950s and ’60s.
Following her husband’s assassination in 1968, she founded the King Center, and she continued to be active in the civil rights movement and as a social justice advocate
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I suppose I experienced the personal dilemma that baffles every working woman. What happens when you are expected to be Superwoman, to perform a dozen conflicting tasks at the same time? — Coretta Scott King
If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children. — Coretta Scott King
Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become. — Coretta Scott King
How many must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? — Coretta Scott King
Violence diminishes our humanity. — Coretta Scott King
The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry. — Coretta Scott King
If a man had nothing that was worth dying for, then he was not fit to live. — Coretta Scott King
To abandon affirmative action is to say there is nothing more to be done about discrimination. — Coretta Scott King
Revenge and retaliation always perpetuate the cycle of anger, fear and violence. — Coretta Scott King
Non–violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night. — Coretta Scott King
