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 Equal Minorities** ||  || passed away in 2006. Coretta had a hard childhood, she had to walk 5 miles to school while the white kids would take a bus to a closer all white school. She was exposed at an early age to the life and society of segregation. || Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center || After Martin Luther king Jr. was assassinated, Coretta began to plan, organize and construct the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.This center has exhibits of the teachings and lessons done by Dr. King and his life story. People can educate themselves with his work, philosiphy, methods of his nonviolent conflict and his plans for a major social change. This is the first institution built in memory of an African American leader. || "My Life with Martin Luther King Jr." + First women to preach at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. || In 1969 Coretta Scott wrote her first book __My Life with Martin Luther King Jr.__ after he was assassinated, to report and express her experience living with him and being a part of his life and works. This was the beggining of her carrying on Dr. King's dream without him. Coretta devoted spending most of her time spreading her husband's philosophy of nonviolence. She was a leading participant in the American Civil Rights Movement. Her life was devoted to the highest values of human dignity in service to social change. She traveled and spoke through out the world on behalf of racial and economic justice, women and children's rights, gay and lesbian diginity, religious freedom, the needs of the poor and homeless, full employment, health care, educational opportunities, nuclear disarmament and ecological sanity. Coretta spoke at history's largest peace and justice rallies. She was the first woman to deliver the class day address at Hardvard, and the first women to preach at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. || Full employment action council || Coretta formed The Full Employment Action Council, broad coalition of over 100 religious, labor, business, civil and womens rights organizations that were dedicated to a national policy of full employment and equal economic opportunity. || "Nonviolent Social Change" || The King center was opend to the public. Coretta Scott was the director of the center until 1995 when she passed it on to her son, Martin Luther King III. || The coalition. || The Coalition of Conscience was organized and led by Coretta. It was a large gathering in Washington of more than 800 human rights organizations. || National Holiday || She fought for and successfully arranged for Martin Luther King Day to become a federal holiday in honor of her husband in January 1986. || "Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I still believe it is wrong when it is requested by black people." ||
 * || **Coretta Scott King
 * || who is Coretta Scott King || Coretta Scott King was the loving wife of Martin Luther King Jr. and mother of their 4 children. She was born in 1927 and sadly
 * 2 || 1964
 * 3 || 1969
 * 4 || 1974
 * 5 || 1981
 * 6 || 1983
 * 7 || 1986
 * 8 || Conclusion || Throughout Coretta Scott's life she traveled around the world on good will missions to serve the cause of justice and human rights for all, she met with many world leaders during her life time. Coretta Scott was a women of determination. She wanted all minorities to be equal in every kind of way. She and her husband brought great things to our nation, we will never forget the words they spoke and the actions they did. Coretta Scott King will always be remembered as the First Lady of Civil Rights.
 * 9 || 9 || " Hate is too great to burden to bear. It injures the hater more than the hated."

" The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of it's members... a heart of grace and soul generated by love." ||
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