She Continued To Do Important Work For Civil Rights After The Untimely Death Of Her Husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., But Not Everyone Knows Her Story

Coretta would travel internationally to speak about racism, war, and economic issues in the United States. In 1968, she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia, a non-profit organization. She and Martin’s youngest child, Bernice A. King, is the current CEO.

Coretta became a notable author after releasing a series of memoirs, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1969. In 1998, she and her son Dexter wrote The Martin Luther King, Jr., Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr. In 1983, she was there when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law as a federal holiday.

Coretta continued working as an activist and humanitarian all the way up until her final days. She passed away on January 30th, 2006, at 78.

It’s amazing to look back on everything she did and the lives she changed even after tragedy struck her family. 

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