Apr 28, 2021 · As founding President and CEO of The King Center, Coretta Scott King tirelessly carried the message of nonviolence and the dream of the Beloved Community throughout the globe. She, along with other dedicated workers, committed herself to the dream of a MLK Holiday becoming a reality.

Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963) is an American lawyer, minister, and the youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. [1] She was five years old when her father died in 1968.

Jan 30, 2006 · After King’s assassination on 4 April 1968, Coretta Scott King devoted much of her life to spreading her husband’s philosophy of nonviolence. Just days after his death, she led a march on behalf of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee.

Jan 20, 2025 · Bernice wrote a children’s book, Coretta based off of Mrs. Coretta Scott King’s autobiography, My Life, My Love, My Legacy and celebrates her parents each year with The King Center’s King Holiday Observance events, along with the Martin Luther King, Jr. Beloved Community Awards—an annual ceremony recognizing national and international ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Coretta Scott King, American civil rights activist who was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. After they both completed studies in higher learning, the Kings moved to Montgomery, Alabama, where she joined her husband in civil rights activism.

Apr 2, 2014 · Coretta's funeral was held on February 7, 2006, at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Georgia, eulogized by daughter Bernice King.

as the founder of the king center, architect of dr. king’s legacy, and lifelong human rights activist for social change and peace, coretta scott king was among the most prominent women leaders of our time.

Dec 29, 2017 · Reverend Bernice A. King (born March 28, 1963) is the youngest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. After her father was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968, a...

Feb 5, 2024 · Coretta Scott King (1927-2006), most widely known as the wife and widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., carried on his vision of nonviolent protest to effect social change after his death in 1968.

Jan 10, 2024 · Bernice King, the daughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, said that her mother was ‘a force’ after Jonathan Majors repeatedly used her name. Her tweet comes after Jonathan Majors told an interviewer his girlfriend “held me down like a Coretta.”