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King, Coretta Scott

King, Coretta Scott, 1927–2006, American civil-rights leader, b. Heiberger, Ala. the wife (1953–68) of Martin Luther King , Jr. After her husbands assassination, she carried on his civil-rights work. She also campaigned to have his birthday commemorated as a national holiday, which was first observed