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Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King, 1927-2006
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Joseph Lowery and Herb Boyd reflect on the legacy of freedom fighter Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 79 in Georgia. She had spent her life fighting for civil rights and preserving her late husband’s legacy.
In April of 1968 Coretta Scott King led a march through Memphis just days after Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. Later that year she led the Poor People’s March in Washington, D.C. She continued working for equality, peace and economic justice for the remainder of her life, both in the United States and abroad.
* Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close friend of the King family.
* Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader. He is the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, a progressive organization fighting for social change.
* Herb Boyd, activist and author, writer for the Amsterdam News and author of many books including “We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened”.
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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1533200
In April of 1968 Coretta Scott King led a march through Memphis just days after Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. Later that year she led the Poor People’s March in Washington, D.C. She continued working for equality, peace and economic justice for the remainder of her life, both in the United States and abroad.
* Rev. Joseph Lowery, co-founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close friend of the King family.
* Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader. He is the founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition, a progressive organization fighting for social change.
* Herb Boyd, activist and author, writer for the Amsterdam News and author of many books including “We Shall Overcome: The History of the Civil Rights Movement As It Happened”.
LISTEN ONLINE:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/31/1533200
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