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Jackson went into one of the rooms and called King's wife, Coretta Scott King, telling her she had better come to Memphis. Jackson said he told her King was shot in a shoulder, though it was obvious he was mortally wounded. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Martin Luther King: The Last Memories Apr 4, 2008
Courageously, just days after she buried her husband, Coretta Scott King continued the campaign in Memphis to aide the garbage workers. AFSCME Local 1733 eventually won recognition from the city and the union became Memphis' largest. (Time.com)
Reporter recalls 'eerie' night of King's death Apr 3, 2008
Kathryn Johnson, left, in an undated photo, spent hours with Coretta Scott King the night her husband was murdered ... I remember thinking, "I always knew this could happen," because I had heard his wife Coretta Scott King speak often of forebodings about his death. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NBA)
Pope to Lead Prayer Service at Manhattan Parish Apr 2, 2008
Elder Bernice A. King, the second daughter and youngest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. With her brother Martin Luther King III, she has been active in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference once led by their father. (Newsmax)
Antioch negotiations declared at impasse Apr 1, 2008
Antioch College boasts famous alumni including Coretta Scott King, actor John Lithgow and Rod Serling, creator of the "Twilight Zone." It also has a rich history dating back to its founding in 1852. E-mail kmaurer@bizjournals. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
Antioch University calls for buyers for Antioch College Mar 31, 2008
Famous alumni included "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling, Coretta Scott King and evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould. Antioch University has campuses in Yellow Springs and Seattle, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Calif. (Concord Monitor)
Antioch College now seeks any buyer Mar 31, 2008
Famous alumni include Coretta Scott King, "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling and evolutionary scientist Stephen Jay Gould. Plain Dealer reporter Laura Johnston contributed to this story. (Cleveland.com -- News)
Atlanta remained calm in the wake of MLK's assassination Mar 30, 2008
Coretta Scott King sits with tears in her eyes at teh funeral of her slain husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. To her left sits Harry Belafonte ... He phoned Coretta Scott King, who had already heard, and said he would send a police car to take her to the airport. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Author and actor Maya Angelou celebrates 80 years of pain, joy Mar 27, 2008
She and King's widow, Coretta Scott King, who died in 2006, would "meet or talk or send each other flowers" on April 4. Each year, she continues to say a birthday prayer, "a prayer for the country.". (USA Today)
Views of Obama's pastor reflect black U.S. tradition Mar 20, 2008
One recent example of the tradition was a sermon by civil rights leader and preacher Joseph Lowery at the funeral of King's widow, Coretta Scott King, in 2006. With Bush standing behind him, Lowery compared the president's pursuit of war in Iraq with what he said was an inadequate policy on race and poverty in the United States. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Black Elected Legislative Women Honor 2008 Pioneers Mar 19, 2008
Coretta Scott King was recognized posthumously. Atlanta Daily World 2008. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
King family photos for sale Mar 18, 2008
Coretta Scott King is in some of the photos. It also seems obvious that when Daddy King visited Detroit, he would stop by to see his sister, with several photos showing the two of them. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
JIM DODSON: Freedom Readers: Kids Turn On to Books, Meet Author Mar 16, 2008
One of the featured speakers at this year's conference was Sharon Draper, the five-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author and former National Teacher of the Year. Draper's best-selling books are to young people from the mean streets of America what the Bard of Avon is to some English majors -- both inspiration and muse. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Anniversary events honor Martin Luther King Mar 15, 2008
King's funeral wagon and artifacts from Coretta Scott King collection will be on display. The historic site includes King's birth home, gravesite and visitor's center. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Families' privacy crucial at funerals Mar 15, 2008
Covering the funerals of public figures, such as Coretta Scott King and the January funerals of Ricky Bryant Jr. and Eric Barker, two young police officers slain in DeKalb County, is a different matter, Roughton said. "Without question, we must cover funerals of public figures, as well as those of fallen military and police when there is public interest. Also without question, we should respect the wishes of the families.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
It took a village to win a Newbery Mar 9, 2008
He won the Newbery Medal in 2000 with his glorious second novel, "Bud, Not Buddy," while his first, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963," won Newbery and Coretta Scott King Honors in 1996. Young Elijah is born free in a settlement of runaway slaves in Buxton, Canada. (Boston Globe)
Synthia Saint James Receives Woman of the Year 2008 Award Mar 3, 2008
She has garnered numerous awards including a Parent's Choice Silver Honor for her book Sunday, a Coretta Scott King Honor Award for illustrating Neeny Coming, Neeny Going, and an Oppenheim Gold Award for the book To Dinner For Dinner, which she illustrated. Synthia SAINT JAMES has been a Premiere Portfolio Member at absolutearts. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Antioch group demands more negotiations on fate of historic college Feb 28, 2008
The college boasts famous alumni including Coretta Scott King, actor John Lithgow and Rod Serling, creator of the "Twilight Zone." It also has a rich history dating back to its founding in 1852. The Board of Trustees decided last year to reverse a decision to close the college after alumni raised millions of dollars and reached an agreement in principle with the board to halt the decision. (Dayton Business Journal, OH)
newcomer Raelle Myrick-Hodges Feb 24, 2008
Specific projects she's considering include a new play "about disappearing dissident artists" by Brian Thorstenson, a Pearl Cleage play about Coretta Scott King, a modern adaptation of "Antigone" by Caridad Svich, in Spanish and English, and a collaboratively created holiday show called "Dear Allah, What I Want for Christmas Is a Menorah.". "Times definitely have changed," Myrick-Hodges says, musing that the roles open to her mother ranged from occasional Lorraine Hansberry plays to menial... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
MLK's driver recalls 'chasing the dream' Feb 23, 2008 A hit job on McCain? Feb 22, 2008 READERS WRITE Feb 21, 2008 African-American History celebration makes learning enjoyable Feb 19, 2008 Alpha Nu broke ground for black women Feb 19, 2008 Have schools let students down? Feb 19, 2008 James Orange, civil rights activist, dies at 65 Feb 18, 2008 Penny tax could help more than police Feb 17, 2008 $5 million needed for Abernathy site Feb 16, 2008 African American History celebration Feb. 16 Feb 12, 2008 Mementos of MLK's secretary up for sale Feb 7, 2008 Philanthropist, former student to join Miami board Feb 1, 2008 King Called 'Champion Of Peace' Jan 26, 2008 A call to create change Jan 26, 2008 Journalists must shine light on injustice Jan 26, 2008 Bernie Boston; captured iconic 60s' moment Jan 25, 2008 Bernie Boston, took '60s 'flower power' photo Jan 25, 2008 Sex, ferrets and plagiarism Jan 24, 2008 Atlanta execs find success at out-of-town nonprofits Jan 24, 2008 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAYKEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE Jan 23, 2008 More of this story Jan 23, 2008 Conservative blacks back Huckabee Jan 22, 2008 Hundreds attend, applaud King Plaza dedication Jan 22, 2008 Blending in for King Jan 22, 2008 Boy, 5, rescues Crist on MLK Day Jan 22, 2008 Just Call Him 'Marty:' Ga.'s Other Martin Luther King Jr. Jan 21, 2008 Honor hero by helping others Jan 21, 2008 'It's good politics' to visit MLK events Jan 21, 2008 Man who marched with MLK says holiday insults King's legacy Jan 21, 2008 At Kings Church, Obama Speaks of Unity Jan 21, 2008 Remarks as Delivered by Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Prayer Breakfast Jan 20, 2008 Candidates find it's good politics to side with King Jan 20, 2008 'Song for Coretta' Jan 19, 2008 MLK III: He's married, wife's pregnant Jan 19, 2008 This Martin Luther King Jr. goes by 'Marty' Jan 19, 2008 'Visions' of MLK for all to see at Lyndon Jan 19, 2008 CCBC to celebrate Martin Luther King Day on Monday Jan 19, 2008 TV One Commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Holiday with Two Documentary Specials on Monday, January 21 Jan 19, 2008 Local events planned to commemorate King's life, legacy Jan 18, 2008 Post gathers to honor Dr. King Jan 18, 2008 MLK fountain flows despite ban Jan 18, 2008 Students speak, sing, march to commemorate MLK's dream Jan 18, 2008 Palo Alto to dedicate King Plaza Monday Jan 17, 2008 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2008 Jan 17, 2008 KING DAY CELEBRATIONS: Pair of events will pay tribute Jan 17, 2008 Obama and the old guard Jan 16, 2008 Post a comment Jan 16, 2008 Librarian wins medal for children's book Jan 16, 2008 Baltimore librarian wins Newbery medal for best children's book Jan 15, 2008 Top children's book awards go to 'Invention,' 'Good Masters!' Jan 15, 2008 'Out Loud' author wins Heinz Prize Jan 15, 2008 Twin doctors perform Afghan mission, win honor Jan 14, 2008 Michelle Obama: Husband No 'Fairy Tale'... Jan 14, 2008 Single-sex class: Right or wrong? Jan 12, 2008 Roses are red, democrats are blue... Jan 12, 2008 Bernice King to keynote YMCA banquet Jan 11, 2008 MLK holiday events Jan 10, 2008 WITC to host Martin Luther King Jr. tribute Jan 10, 2008 The new year gets off to a hot start Jan 3, 2008 Appreciating Newtons unsung heroes Jan 1, 2008 What Do Anna Nicole Smith and Jerry Falwell Have in Common . . . at Year-end? Dec 28, 2007 2007: A Loony-Left Year Dec 19, 2007 Soul-saving sisters Dec 10, 2007 City plans tax hike Dec 5, 2007 Macomb council to abate potential tax money Dec 3, 2007
Houck made new friends and hit it off with Mrs. Coretta Scott King, who had studied in Massachusetts. Mrs. King offered Houck a job: to drive the kids to school -- for $25 a week. (CNN)
Book conference brings characters to town Feb 23, 2008
He has received the Coretta Scott King Honor for illustration three times. He lives in Brooklyn, N.Y.. (Athens Banner-Herald)
ARYAN NATION ATL White HOODIES your new target for instant death by a thousand rotten watermelons and a force feeding of a fetid chitterlings and rusty razor blade pie is the drooling Liberace obsessed retarded extra-chromosomed scrotumless son of the Coretta Scott King leper colony w hore tobacco queer/queen. By Realist. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
We have lost treasured friends and devoted advocates for civil rights with the deaths of Coretta Scott King, Dora McDonald and now James Orange. Their memory will always be a blessing to those of us privileged to know them. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Darlyce Jones did a dramatic reading from Coretta Scott King, about Martin Luther King Jr. The reading segued into "Ballad of Birmingham." Jones spoke parts and sang parts. There were conversations the Kings had like Martin telling the press he would do with his Nobel Peace Prize money. (Mt. Pleasant News, IA)
Alpha Nu is a chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the national sorority established in 1908 at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Notable members have included Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison, poet Maya Angelou and civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Coretta Scott King. The sorority's motto: "Supreme in service to all mankind."Alpha Nu's early members were primarily first-generation college students. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
When all the students in an elementary school are held in the cafeteria all day long for Coretta Scott King s televised funeral what GPS did 7 hours of curriculum did that address ... Coretta Scott Kings televised funeralwhat GPS did 7 hours of curriculum did that address. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The Rev. James Orange, right, prays at the tombs of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in 2007. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Rev. James Orange, a civil rights activist whose 1965 jailing sparked a fatal protest that ultimately led to the famed Selma-to-Montgomery march and the Voting Rights Act, died Saturday at Atlanta's Crawford Long Hospital, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said in a statement. (CNN -- US)
Penny tax profits could help more than police 021708 - The Augusta Chronicle. Augusta Commissioner Don Grantham pitched a new penny tax last week. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Rev. Ralph David Abernathy and his wife Juanita with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King in a family photo from 1965. RELATED. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Darlyce Jones will read a monologue on Coretta Scott King. Singers will be Karen Duckett, Paul Tinder and the Rev. Tony and Deb Campbell of Second Baptist Ministries, and the Second Baptist Ministries choir. (Mt. Pleasant News, IA)
Latimore met McDonald in 1965 when she went to work for the King family as a baby sitter and later as personal assistant to Coretta Scott King. Over the years, she came to regard the secretary as something of a mother figure. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
In the past, it has presented this award to the late Coretta Scott King, Martin Luther King's widow, and plans to award it to Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa, this year. Lastly, a building on Miami's Hamilton campus, the Harry T. Wilks Conference Center, bears his name. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
King's widow, Coretta Scott King, worked for more than a decade to establish her husband's birthday as a federal holiday. She died in 2006 at age 78. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
"If you've got a chance to do something like, save a planet, go for broke," Bernice Johnson Reagon told a diverse crowd of more than 2,000 attending the college's 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Lecture Series on Race and Nonviolent Social Change ... Reagon, who began her speech with a song, also recalled her devastation at the death of Coretta Scott King, a friend. (Albany Times Union)
Moneta Sleet Jr.'s iconic image of Coretta Scott King and her youngest child Bernice, taken at the funeral of Martin Luther King Jr., almost didn't happen. Sleet, a photographer for Ebony magazine who'd been photographing King and his family since 1956, encountered difficulties getting inside the services at Ebenezer Baptist Church, according to an account in "The Race Beat: The Press, The Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation," a Pulitzer-prize winning book written by Gene... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Six years later, Mr. Boston was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in the spot news category for his photograph of King's widow, Coretta Scott King, at the unveiling of a bronze bust of King. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
He was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist for a 1987 photograph of Coretta Scott King unveiling a bust of her late husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in the U.S. Capitol. Born in Washington, Boston graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology and served in the Army before starting his news photography career in Dayton. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
And when I was in high school, I won a city-wide essay contest for the MLK, Jr. holiday which enabled me to meet Coretta Scott King. Seems to me that I wouldn t have been able to accomplish any of that if I was unable to really write. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The late Coretta Scott King wanted Hill to receive the award a long time ago, but Hill thought it would be a conflict of interest since he chaired the center's board ... As Hill said: "Mrs. Coretta Scott King was a great leader, a dreamer and a guardian of her husband's legacy.". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY / KEEPING THE DREAM ALIVE / TRIBUTES: Thousands gather to honor King's commitment to peace, equality and brotherhood. Life is about service - and service to others," Georgia Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle said. Former President Bill Clinton, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin were among those attending the service. King's birthday is Jan. 15, but the federal holiday bearing his name is observed on the third Monday in January. It... (San Francisco Chronicle)
So declared 70-year-old Pine Bluff resident Robert Thompson as he spent Monday afternoon at the Coretta Scott King Center in the park named after Martin Luther King Jr.. They won t let her be no president, said his 78-year-old friend sitting across the table, Ms. Rice. (Pine Bluff Commercial, AR)
Gerald Herbert / APFormer Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee sits with members of the King family, Jennifer Beal, niece of Coretta Scott King, left, and Alveda King, niece of Martin Luther King, prior to a ceremony honoring Martin Luther King on Monday at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. . (MSNBC -- Race)
With rousing speeches from top Martin Luther King, Jr. associates, spirited hymns and a diverse crowd several hundred strong, the City of Palo Alto Monday dedicated the plaza in front of City Hall in honor of civil rights leader King and his wife, Coretta Scott King ... The inscription reads: "This public plaza is dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, both of whom made this world a better place for all of us.". (Palo Alto Online, CA)
" She recalled the words of Coretta Scott King, who has said the holiday that honors her dead husband isn't a holiday for black Americans, but for everyone. "It is a people's holiday," Murkowski said. And Kenneth Pray is happy to share it. "I think things are getting better," he said, "but I also think there are people who still don't want the change. It's a continuous struggle. (Anchorage Daily News)
Henrietta Smith, professor emerita of the University of South Florida and editor of the Coretta Scott King Awards Book, took the audience on a journey of black culture and history through prose and poetry. At one point, the audience was moved to spontaneously sing Swing Low, Swing Chariot in harmony. (The Palm Beach Post)
Before Coretta Scott King died in 2006, Marty King received the occasional phone calls from confused people asking for the slain activist's widow. He also has gotten racial slurs on his answering machine. (Fox News)
The King Center's late founder, Coretta Scott King, called King Day "above all a day of service." She wrote: "It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring at-risk youngsters, consoling the broken-hearted and a thousand other projects for building the beloved community of his dream.". Millions of Americans are ready to make their contribution to fulfilling the dream of an America that is everything it ought to be and an America... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy was reluctant to get involved, because he thought it would cost him white votes, but he finally phoned Coretta Scott King to express his sympathy and offer support. When word got out, thousands of black Republicans left the party of Lincoln to support Kennedy. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
"But I was not enamored with Peter. I was enamored with Dr. King and Coretta Scott King. I did it for what Dr. King stood for.". Mr. McGuire said he paid for those tickets in more ways than one, although he demurred when asked for details. (KHOU.com, TX)
Senator Barack Obama laid a wreath at the tomb of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King after speaking at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta ... But I would point out one error in your article, Dr. King s wife, Coretta Scott King died awhile ago ... If the photo was taken today, I doubt that Senator Obama was placing a wreath with Coretta Scott King since her funeral was over year ago. (New York Times)
We're here today, like people all across our nation this weekend, to honor the life and the vision of a great American: the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This Monday marks the twenty-second year that we will pay formal tribute to Dr. King and his legacy -- and the second time we do so since mourning the loss of Coretta Scott King, whose role we are also justly honoring today ... Moreover, as Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King both recognized, the goal of equal rights and freedom... (PR Newswire)
The year he ran against Bill Clinton and lost his re-election bid, President George Bush (center) joined Dr. Louis Sullivan (left), then secretary of Health and Human Services, Coretta Scott King (right), widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Jesse Hill, then chairman of the King Center, and then-Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson during King Week 16 years ago ... Democratic nominee John F. Kennedy was reluctant to get involved, because he thought it would cost him white votes, but he finally... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
The promotional material for 7 Stages A Song for Coretta features a breath-taking image of Coretta Scott King as a young chanteuse, lost in song, wearing a ruffled satin gown that accentuates her elegant hourglass figure. So it s probably important to say that Atlanta playwright Pearl Cleage s tribute to this 20th century icon is not a stage biography. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Coretta Scott King, widow of the civil rights leader, made her last public appearance at the dinner two years ago, only three weeks before she passed away from cancer. The eldest child of the Kings Yolanda King suddenly passed away last May of an apparent heart attack in California. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Here in metro Atlanta, he has found anonymity, except for the occasional phone calls from people who used to ask for Coretta Scott King or leave racial slurs on his answering machine. "People would call directory assistance, ask for the phone number of Martin Luther King Jr. and call me," King said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
" One depicts King, another features Betty Shabazz (Malcolm X's wife) and Coretta Scott King and the third features Malcolm X. While the image of Malcolm X appears to be a photocopy of a photograph, Miller pointed out it was actually painstakingly created by Gregory, who made hundreds of small dots. "Each one of the artists have their own style," Miller said. "You get a variety of local art. It gives you a good feeling about Martin Luther King. (Athens Banner-Herald)
In her essay, The Meaning of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, Coretta Scott King wrote, on this holiday, we commemorate the universal, unconditional love, forgiveness and nonviolence that empowered his revolutionary spirit. She later went on to say, no other day of the year brings so many people from different cultural backgrounds together in such a vibrant spirit of brother and sisterhood. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
Hosted by actor LeVar Burton, the program features the key leaders in the holiday movement including Coretta Scott King, Stevie Wonder and prominent members of Congress. Also featured in the program is the music of Stevie Wonder and other musical artists. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Capping off the activities, Palo Alto's Civic Center Plaza will be renamed in honor of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, on Monday ... It is symbolic, and symbols are very important," she said. Entertainment will be provided by The Stanford Gospel Choir and the Eastside Preparatory High School Choir. Youth Community Service Organization, a partnership between the cities of East Palo Alto and Palo Alto, will be sponsoring a table with civil-rights facts and activities. Speakers include... (Palo Alto Online, CA)
As his late wife, Coretta Scott King, wrote in 2002: "Martin Luther King Jr. Day is not only for celebration and remembrance, education and tribute, but above all a day of service. All across America on the holiday, his followers perform service in hospitals and shelters and prisons and wherever people need some help. It is a day of volunteering to feed the hungry, rehabilitate housing, tutoring those who can't read, mentoring at-risk youngsters, consoling the broken-hearted and a thousand other... (Leavenworth Lamp, KS)
The King Center was established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King. The Center is dedicated to the advancement of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. More than 650,000 visitors go annually to the King Center to view the tomb and exhibits, library and archives. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
She mentioned Coretta Scott King and the meaning behind Martin Luther King Jr.'s holiday. Henderson also encouraged everyone to serve others and actively work toward King's dream of freedom, equality, unity and service. (East Tennessean, TN)
Palo Alto will dedicate the plaza in front of City Hall as King Plaza next Monday, in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights leader who was slain 40 years ago this April, and his late wife, Coretta Scott King. The dedication ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. Jan. 21, Martin Luther King Day. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
In July of 2006, I was honored to sign the "Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006," to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and reaffirm our commitment to securing the voting rights of all Americans. My Administration will continue to protect the rights won through the sacrifice of Dr. King and other civil rights leaders, and our country will never rest until equality is real, opportunity is universal, and all citizens... (White House News Releases)
Last year, the breakfast celebrated the life of Yolanda s mother Coretta Scott King, who died the previous year. The Rev. King, who won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize and was murdered in 1968, would have been 79 today. (The Patriot Ledger)
Although Jackson is not entirely unfamiliar with the kind of thing that's happening to Obama Coretta Scott King endorsed Walter Mondale over him in 1984 he also got into the act. He criticized Obama for not championing the "Jena Six" cause the case of six young black men in Louisiana charged with beating a white classmate vigorously enough. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
I have known Barack Obama since 1971 (I believe I am the first kid he meets at Punahou School in 5th grade, renamed in his first book, in honor of Frederick Douglass; he renamed another student after Coretta Scott King). Barack Obama is an honest and accomplished man who was ahead of his peers, who is perceptive of human dynamics and human condition, and who is everything he presents himself to be. (International Herald Tribune)
The Coretta Scott King Book Award for best African American young adult author went to Christopher Paul Curtis for "Elijah of Buxton." Ashley Bryan's "Let It Shine" won the King award for illustration. Walter Dean Myers, a frequent winner of children's book awards, was this year's recipient of the May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture Award for "contributions to children's literature." Geraldine McCaughrean's "The White Darkness" won the Michael L. Printz Award for "excellence in literature written... (CNN -- Showbiz)
The Coretta Scott King Book Award for best African American young adult author went to Christopher Paul Curtis for Elijah of Buxton. Ashley Bryan's Let It Shine won the King award for illustration. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Elijah of Buxton by Christopher Paul Curtis received the Coretta Scott King Book Award, which celebrates an outstanding African-American author of books for young people. Let It Shine, illustrated and written by Ashley Bryan, picked up the King Illustrator Award. (USA Today -- Life)
Coretta Scott King Award -- Christopher Paul Curtis, author of "Elijah of Buxton" (Scholastic). He was recognized as the outstanding African-American author of children's books. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Past honorees include Sidney Poitier, Coretta Scott King, and Rosa Parks. By the end of the month, the twins will head to Iraq with their reserve unit to treat wounded troops. (Boston Globe)
Michelle Obama's remarks were also peppered with references to Coretta Scott King and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., whose 79th birthday is Tuesday. Copyright 2008 Associated Press. (The Drudge Report)
in Gwinnett County, which will only accept girls, joins Atlanta s boys-only B.E.S.T. Academy at Benjamin S. Carson and girls-only Coretta Scott King Young Women s Leadership Academy as the first public schools (in recent years) to cater entirely to one sex. You may recall that Ivy Prep had a hard time gaining approval for its program. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
We were in line behind the late Mrs. Coretta Scott King. She lived a few blocks from us in the Vine City area. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
The youngest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King will be the featured speaker at the 's Salute to Black Achievers banquet in June. Bernice King has carried her parents' message of empowerment and postive social change wordwide, appearing on the "Oprah Winfrey Show" and "BET Talk with Tavis Smiley," among others, the YMCA said in a news release. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
"A Song for Coretta" Preview: A play imagining the experience and memories of five women waiting to pay their respects to Coretta Scott King on the day of her funeral. $10. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Scott is so convincing in his portrayal of King, that the now-late Coretta Scott King once cornered him between acts of his performance to compliment him on his realistic and honest depiction of her late husband. This powerful presentation is followed by a question-and-answer session. (Chetek Alert, WI)
"A Song for Coretta" at 7 Stages imagines a group of women waiting to view Coretta Scott King's body at Ebenezer Baptist Church ... "A Song for Coretta." Atlanta playwright Pearl Cleage meditates on civil rights matriarch Coretta Scott King by imagining a group of women waiting to view her body outside Ebenezer Baptist Church. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
For this, he received the Boston Freedom Award from Coretta Scott King. As head of the Sudan Campaign, he called the world s attention to the plight of slaves in the Sudan. (Newton Tab, MA)
Yolanda King, oldest child of the Rev. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King 5 ... Coretta Scott King, civil rights leader and widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King 5 ... Yolanda King, oldest child of the Rev. Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King 24. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MSNBC's Chris Matthews stood out for hailing Barack Obama since he "sounds like Bobby Kennedy. It sounds like the '60s at its absolute best." After watching the funeral of Coretta Scott King, Matthews was even more over the moon at Bill Clinton's performance: "There are times when he sounds like Jesus in the temple." CBS morning anchor Harry Smith was so eager to press Al Gore into running for president that he held a "Gore for President" button in front of Gore's jacket after an interview and... (Townhall.com)
Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King and Ella Fitzgerald also were AKAs. It's a woman thing, it's a family thing, it's a community thing and it's a service thing, said Avril. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Aldermen also approved a request from the Alpha Kappa Sorority at Western Illinois University to name a stretch of Western Avenue for the late Coretta Scott King. Wisslead said the dedication ceremony will be held in January. (Macomb Journal, IL)
Approval is expected for a request from WIU's Alpha Kappa Sorority for the honorary naming of a stretch of Western Avenue, from Riverview Drive to University Drive, in honor of the late Coretta Scott King. The sorority would like to have the street dedication in January. (Macomb Journal, IL)
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