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    Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist, singer, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. She was born in 1927 in Alabama and faced racism as a child. She studied to become a civil rights activist and preacher's wife. As the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., she was actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement. She continued her activism after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 and worked to establish the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.

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    Coretta Scott King was an American civil rights activist, singer, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. She was born in 1927 in Alabama and faced racism as a child. She studied to become a civil rights activist and preacher's wife. As the wife of Martin Luther King Jr., she was actively involved in the Civil Rights Movement. She continued her activism after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968 and worked to establish the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday.

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    CorettaScottKing

    VivianMoreno
    WendellPhillipsAcademyHighSchool
    5/18/2015

    HerfullnameiscorettaScottKing.Shewasasinger,anorganizer,andanactivist.Sheiswell
    knownbecauseshewasthefirstBlackAfricanAmericanwomentobeintheCivilRightsMovement.A
    speechaboutviolenceandhavingpeaceintheworldsinceherhusbandisgoneandthatwastheother
    racemainfocus.
    CorettaScottKingwasbornonApril27,1927.ShewasborninHeiberger,Alabama.Herfamily
    membersareEdytheScottBagley,ObadiahLeonard,andEuniceScott.HersisterEdytheScottBagleyis
    anAmericanAuthor,Activist,andEducator.Herchildhoodwasbadbecausethereweresomanyracist
    peopleinherneighborhoodthatwantedherlynched.
    CorettaScottKingstudiedtobeacivilrightsactivistandapreacherswife.Her
    inspirationwasPresidentRoosevelt.Hewasherinspirationbecausehiswordswereso
    meaningfulhisverydeepvoice,bothspeakingandsingingCorettaScottKing.Shewas

    introducedtoMartinLutherKingJr.clubwhentheywerefirstmarriedandhetookpartinthe
    Montgomerybusboycott.ShewasanAmericanCivilRightsMovementandthewifeofthe
    CivilRightsMovement.

    InCorettaScottKingLifesomechallengeswasherhousegettingbombed,herhusbandbeing

    assasinatedandshehaveastrokethenaweeklatershedied.Sheovercameherlifechallengesbytaking
    inconsiderationaboutwhatpeoplesaidanddoingsomethingaboutit.

    Intheworldtherewaslynchingandracismnotjusttowardsherbuttowardsherwholefamilyand
    others.Sheiswellknownforbeingthefirstblackafricanamericanwomeninthecivilrightsmovement.
    Shewasdiffrentfromothersbybringingpeaceintheworldwithoutherwewouldnthavesomuch
    freedomnow.Threewordstoexplainherisconfident,independent,andstrongbecauseshedidsomuch
    andshekeptdoingeverythingshewouldnttoaccomplisheventhoughitwashard.Theworsethingsthat
    theotherracesaidtoherwasshewasgoingtodiethencalledherawholebunchofniggers.
    CorettaScottKinggreatestownershipwerebeingthefirstladyoftheCivilRightsmovementand
    graduatingfromhighschoolandcollege.Thepersonwhohelpedherachieveheraccomplishmentswere
    hermotherandherhusband.IttookhernotlongsinceJune18,1953,toacheivehergoals.Differentrace
    triedtostopherandherhusbandMartinLutherKingJr.
    WhenCorettaScottKingaccomplishedhergoalsitwasinSeptember1954.Theeventstookplace
    happeningbecausetheotherracedidntwanthertobecomewhatsheistodaywhichisafamous,known
    person.Itimpactedheraccomplishmentssinceracismgoingonaroundherandtheotherrace(Whites)not
    wantingherandtheotherAfricanAmericanpeoplearoundinthecity.Itchangedbyhavingmore
    opportunitiesandfreedombeingtogetherandnotsplituporseperatedanymore.

    CorettaScottKingwasagreatperson.TheimpactonCorettaScottKingissheasawellknown
    personandstrong.SheisstilltalkedaboutbecauseshewasthefirstAfricanAmericanWomentobein
    theCivilRightsMovement.Peopleintheworldcanlearnthattonevertakeadvantageoffreedomwe
    didntearnourfreedomourselvesourancestorsdid.Theworldwouldbediffrentbecauseshehelpedus
    gainourfreedombackandweallisequalmeaningnooneisseperatedanymore.Themostimportantfact
    isCorettaScottKingwasthefirstBlackAfricanAmericanwomentostarttheCivilRightsMovement.
    ThisisimportantforpeopletoknowbecauseshemarchedandstartedtheCivilRightsMovement.

    InconclusionCorettaScottKingwassomeonewhowasspecialtoeveryoneherandherhusbandwas
    trulylovedbyeveryone,becauseshewasthebrightestandbravestbecauseshewastheretosupporther
    husbandduringtheCivilRightsMovementbackinthedaywhostoodupforwhatshebelievedin.
    CorettaScottKingremindedmeofMichelleObamabecausesheisstrongandcarriesherselfwell,So
    doesCorettaScottKing.

    WorksCitedPage:
    1.CorettaScottKing.History.Topics,2006.Web

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