print email comment close Coretta Scott King URL: http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_king_coretta_scott_1927_2006/ Description: Biographical information about Coretta Scott King, founding president of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. Includes details about her involvement in the causes of her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. and her activities after his assassination in 1968. Also find essays on Martin Luther King Jr., nonviolence, and related topics. From the Martin Luther King Papers Project, Stanford University. Publisher: Martin Luther King Papers Project Extra Keywords African American Black Library of Congress Subject Headings: African American women Civil rights movements King, Coretta Scott, 1927- Nonviolence People Political activists LII Database Information: Record 907 created by Jennifer English on 08/22/2005 Last modification on 09/14/2009 Published: 08/22/2005   Republished: 02/02/2006 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/907