During a conference in 1969, two librarians, Glyndon Flynt Greer and Mabel McKissick, happened to meet at the booth of publisher John Carroll. The trio observed that no African-American author or ...

For decades, the figure of Martin Luther King Jr. has been a symbol of struggle, hope, and justice worldwide. However, when it comes to his personal life, especially his relationship with Coretta ...

On Jan. 20, 1986, I had the honor of attending an inaugural federal holiday celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday. The festivities were held at the Schomburg Center for Research in ...

In 1963, Mrs. King helped lead a march commemorating the second anniversary of Women Strike for Peace. In the early 1960s, Coretta Scott King was a delegate for Women Strike for Peace, an antiwar ...

The legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. looms over our nation daily. In recent years, Black creators like Ava Duvernary and Lee Daniels have worked to tell his story from different angles, and for ...

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 ...

Yolanda King said Thursday she was having a conversation with her mother, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., at her Atlanta home mother when she suddenly stopped talking.