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7 unusual facts about Coretta Scott King


'Til the End of Forever

The track "Courage In Your Eyes" was written by Bolton as a tribute to Coretta Scott King, and he performed the song in her honor at her funeral.

Alabama State Route 175

The northern terminus of the route is at its junction with State Route 5 approximately one mile south of Heiberger, the birthplace of Coretta Scott King.

California State Route 94

Perhaps due to its namesake, this highway served as part of the route of the hearse that carried the body of Coretta Scott King from San Diego to Atlanta.

Coretta Scott

Coretta Scott King, nee Coretta Scott, American author, activist, and civil rights leader.

Million Worker March

The rally also garnered backing from many celebrities like Coretta Scott King, Danny Glover, Jesse Jackson and Chumbawamba.

Scott King

Coretta Scott King, (1927 – 2006), American author, activist, and civil rights leader

Walter George Muelder

He was credited by Martin Luther King Jr., a student of his at Boston (as well as Coretta Scott King in later years), as being an important influence in Dr. King’s pilgrimage to nonviolence as a philosophy of social change.


Mandy Carter

SONG and NGLTF had been asked by the 40th Anniversary Steering Committee, which included Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King III, to mobilize LGBT participation at the rally.

Marie Torre

She showed great versatility, easily moving from covering hard news stories, including the kidnapping of Peggy Ann Bradnick at Shade Gap, Pennsylvania, in May 1966, to interviewing such notables and newsmakers as President Lyndon B. Johnson and Coretta Scott King.

Shaka Sankofa

Sankofa's supporters, including Coretta Scott King, bishop Desmond Tutu, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and celebrities Danny Glover, Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee, brought his case international attention, arguing that his conviction was based on the claim that the testimony of a single eyewitness who said she saw him for a few seconds in the dark parking lot committing the murder.

Tim Holmes

Among Holmes' best-known collectors are Nobel prize winners Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Jimmy Carter, along with many other international figures such as Václav Havel, Coretta Scott King and Mrs. Anwar Sadat.


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