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Coretta Scott King A Biography
Laura T. McCarty
ISBN: 0-313-34981-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-34981-2
168 pages, photos
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2009
List Price: $35.00 (UK Sterling Price: £24.95)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Greenwood Biographies
Reviews:
  • "Biographer Laura T. McCarty has done a remarkable and laudable biography tracing the life of an equally remarkable and laudible woman. . . . Coretta Scott King is a superbly written biography that should be a part of every school and community library system in this country."
    —Midwest Book Review - Library Bookwatch     June 2009
  • "McCarty (Georgia Humanities Council) has written a variety of articles for the New Georgia Encyclopedia) and serves as state coordinator for the National History Day in Georgia. She offers high school students and general readers an accessible biography of the complete life of the wife and widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—Coretta Scott King—recognized in her home state of Alabama as the “First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement.” In addition to the biography, the text contains a timeline of events in King's life and a list of selected resources for further research/reading. Illustrated with 14 b&w photographs."
    —Reference & Research Book News     August 2009
Description: Coretta Scott was committed to social justice long before she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She shared in all the dangers that King's prominence in the civil rights movement brought, and she saw herself as full partner in the movement. Yet she generally remained in the background, supporting King's work and caring for their children, until his assassination transformed her into a movement leader in her own right: founder of the King Center, leader of a mass demonstration for a renewed national commitment to nonviolent social change, force behind the establishment of the national holiday bearing her husband's name. This book follows the trajectory of Coretta Scott King's tumultuous life at the heart of the most important American social movement of the 20th century.

Coretta Scott was committed to social justice long before she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She shared in all the dangers that King's prominence in the civil rights movement brought, and she saw herself as full partner in the movement. Yet she generally remained in the background, supporting King's work and caring for their children, until his assassination transformed her into a movement leader in her own right: founder of the King Center, leader of a mass demonstration for a renewed national commitment to nonviolent social change, force behind the establishment of the national holiday bearing her husband's name. This book follows the trajectory of Coretta Scott King's tumultuous life at the heart of the most important American social movement of the 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
    Acknowledgments
    Timeline
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Black Belt Heritage
    Chapter 2 Journey North and Back
    Chapter 3 Beginnings: Family, Work, Movement
    Chapter 4 Putting Down Roots in Atlanta
    Chapter 5 Difficult Days
    Chapter 6 Becoming a Widow
    Chapter 7 Establishing His and Her Legacy: The King Center
    Chapter 8 Four Children, Another Legacy
    Chapter 9 Difficult Times for the King Center
    Chapter 10 Coretta on the International Stage
    Chapter 11 Guardians of Martins Image and Words
    Chapter 12 Reopening the King Assassination
    Chapter 13 Corettas Last Acts
    Chapter 14 Homegoing Services
    Chapter 15 The Coretta Scott King Book Awards
    Conclusion
    Selected Resources
About the Author: LAURA T. McCARTY is vice president of the Georgia Humanities Council. She serves on the executive committee of the New Georgia Encyclopedia as well as the board of the Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries and the advisory committee for the Georgia Center for the Book.
PDF Catalogs:
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference Spring 2008.pdf
Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf
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