Dignity. Courage. Class. She taught us to love one another when she had no reason to. Greatness in a small package.
Posted on 01/31/2006 4:05:36 AM PST by Maria S
I just heard on the news that Mrs. Coretta King has died. Just my personal opinion, but she was a dignified, classy woman who served her country and her late husband's memory quite well.
May she rest in peace.
The family has been fairly agressive about keeping control of the speeches and films of Dr. King. This is unfortunate, IMHO, because it keeps the message from getting out.
This would be an interesting discussion to have on another day in another context. But today and not here.
"This would be an interesting discussion to have on another day in another context. But today and not here."
Well said.
Thanks for the guidance.
The thread is about the passing of Coretta Scott King - not your viewing and listening preferences. Besides, tell someone who cares.
Godspeed, Mrs. King.
God rest you, ma'am. We didn't always agree, but I always had the highest respect for you. You and your husband left a better world than you entered.
Sorry to hear this. May God bless her soul.
Very much agreed. My sympathies to her family.
The Pres will surely mention her tonight.
You make my point. thanks.
thoughts and prayers , Family was fortunate to have her
Coretta Scott King, 78, Dies By ERRIN HAINES, Associated Press Writer
1 minute ago
ATLANTA - Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died, former mayor Andrew Young told NBC Tuesday morning. She was 78.
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Young, who was a former civil rights activist and was close to the King family, broke the news during a phone call he made to the "Today" show. Efforts by The Associated Press to reach the family were unsuccessful. They did not immediately return phone calls.
Asked how he found out about her death, Young said: "I understand she was asleep last night and her daughter tried to wake her up."
King, who suffered a serious stroke and heart attack in 2005, did not appear at the birthday observance for her husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., for the first time in the 20-year observance of the holiday.
Coretta King was a supportive lieutenant to her husband during the most tumultuous days of the American civil rights movement. She had married him in 1953.
After her husband's assassination in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, she kept his dream alive while also raising their four children.
I agree... we'll save the discussion for another time.
I sure hate to hear this. Mrs. King, may God recieve you into His Glory. Peace to the children. Kate
It was just posted for the 5th time on F.R.
Hopefully, the reports will focus on her dignity, grace and longsuffering. She was a great lady.
Dignity. Courage. Class. She taught us to love one another when she had no reason to. Greatness in a small package.
Thank you for sharing that photo. She is so pretty.
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