Coretta Scott King

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/coretta-scott-king

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1. When was Coretta Scott King born?April 27, 1927
2. Where was Coretta Scott King born?Heiberger, Alabama, USA
3. What is the career?Author, activist, civil rights leader, singer, and advocate for human rights
4. What is the additional advocacy?Championed LGBTQ+ rights and opposed apartheid in South Africa
5. Who was Coretta Scott King?Coretta Scott King was a brave leader who fought for fairness and helped make her husband's birthday a special holiday.
6. How did she help make Martin Luther King Jr. Day?She campaigned for many years, lobbied politicians, and in 1983 President Reagan signed the law to create the holiday.

Civil Rights Movement: A historical struggle for social justice and equal rights for African Americans in the United States during the mid-20th century.
Nonviolent Resistance: The practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests, civil disobedience, and other methods, without using violence.
Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, creating overlapping systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
Apartheid: A system of institutionalized racial segregation and discrimination enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994.