Coretta Scott King

Personal Info

Birthday

April 27, 1927

Day of Death

2006-01-30

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Heiberger, Alabama, USA

Coretta Scott King

Biography

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

Known For

Filmography

2021
Killing Martin Luther King Jr.
as Self
2018
Martin Luther King, Jr. : Marked Man
as Self (archive footage)
King in the Wilderness
as Self (archive footage)
2012
MLK: The Assassination Tapes
as Self (archive Footage)
2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Mighty Times: The Legacy of Rosa Parks
as Self
1997
4 Little Girls
as Self
1986
In Remembrance of Martin
as Self
1972
Nationtime
as Self
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Somebody
as Self
1969
Lions Love
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)