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Coretta Scott King

topic posted Tue, January 31, 2006 - 1:27 PM by  Krista Iman
Even though I was born after the 60's and missed out on being around when all these inspirational leaders were changing the world...I still grew up surrounded by their presence.
I remember being perhaps 6 years old and my mom giving me all these books about Dr. King, President Kennedy , etc. and being inspired by those brave enough to fight for what they believed was right.
I was fascinated by Coretta Scott King and thought she was just so beautiful and so brave. I wanted to grow up to be like her.Funny the things you still remember from when you were a child.
Women of class, dignity and faith like her are far and few.
She will be missed.
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  • Fern
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    Re: Coretta Scott King

    Tue, January 31, 2006 - 2:17 PM
    An awesome beautiful lady...or rather first lady. She never walked in the shadow of her husband, but rather alongside him as the the first lady. I had the oppurtunity of meeting her and their son when they were in South Africa. This is also where I heard her speak at press meetings, and at a lecture she gave to women at the University of Cape Town. I have not followed her history as much as I did her husbands, but I am sure she has done America proud.
    Rest in peace Ma Coretta.
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      Re: Coretta Scott King

      Thu, February 2, 2006 - 3:20 AM
      Did anyone catch GWB's reference to here at the beginning of his State of the Union address yesterday? It brings to mind, again, my comments from here...

      cdf.tribe.net/thread/7a1c...c41137631fe6

      I see that other people's comments and observations there are pertinent here.

      Fern, you are privileged to have been able to hear her speak. Again, it is by those actions, little by little, with love and persistence, that old edifices are torn down and replace by the new. In that sense, she was one of the brick-layers of a new Republic--may her work and that of her husband not be forgotten and ignored until the striving for equality and peace becomes such a reality that there vision will seem like the roots nurturing the tree of us.
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    Re: Coretta Scott King

    Sat, February 4, 2006 - 10:03 PM
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    Coretta Scott King's casket will lie tomorrow in the Eben-ezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia ,....in the US, ....where her husband once preached. This follows an emotional funeral service in Atlanta yesterday..... for the wife of slain human rights icon, ....Martin Luther King. Mourners are still pouring into Atlanta.....to pay tribute to Scott King,...- the first American woman and the first black person...- to lie in honor in a US state house...- that was once a bastion of segre-gation. The bronze casket holding the body of Martin Luther King's widow .....yesterday received cheers ...- as it was borne through the streets of Atlanta by horse-drawn carriage. It was carried into the Capitol by an honour guard of the Georgia State Patrol. A lone bag-pipe played Amazing Grace.

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