Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. American author, activist, and civil rights leader Coretta Scott King (1927 - 2006) at a London hotel, UK, 21st March 1969. (Photo ...

First known as the wife of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she later became an avid proselytizer for his vision of peace and nonviolent social change. By Peter Applebome This obituary was ...