Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Heiberger, Alabama. Coretta’s parents were truck farmers. Her and her sister often helped out around the farm. To get to school Coretta had to walk about six miles. Coretta was very smart and did very good at school , particularly music, and was valedictorian of her class at Lincoln High School. Even at the college level Coretta was interested in civil rights. She joined the college's Race Relations and Civil Liberties Committees. She attended New England Conservatory of Music and graduated with a degree in voice and violin. She was married Martin Luther King, Jr. Together they had four children Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and Bernice. She was a activist and worked with her husband through the 1950's and 1960's. Coretta joined in the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955. She helped to organize a boycott of the cites buses. She published a memoir in 1969 titled My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Her husband Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in 1968. After this Coretta established the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. She was the President and executive officer. Coretta pushed to have a national holiday made in honor of her husband. When Coretta was 77 she began to experience some health problems. She suffered many strokes and small heart attacks. Her last appearance before she died was a dinner to honor her husband. Coretta died on January 30, 2006.
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