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American civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King Jr. (1927–2006)

Coretta Scott King (néeScott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work.

King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston. They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.

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King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's assassination in 1968, when she took on the leadership of the struggle for racial equality herself and became active in the Women's Movement. King founded the King Center, and sought to make his birthday a national holiday.

She finally succeeded when Ronald Reagan signed legislation which establi