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

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

from until his assassination in As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston.

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They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.

King played a prominent role in the years after her husband's assassination in , 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 established Martin Luther King, Jr., Day on