Coretta Scott King
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"Coretta Scott"

/image = Coretta Scott King 1964.jpg

/caption = King in 1964

/birth_date =

/birth_place = Marion, Alabama

/death_date =

/death_place = Rosarito Beach, Mexico

/death_cause = Respiratory failure

/occupation = Civil and political rights/Civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, human rights, Social equality/equal rights activism/activist, author

/spouse = Martin Luther King, Jr. 1929-1968

/children = Yolanda King

Martin Luther King III

Dexter Scott King

Bernice King

/parents= Obadiah Scott

Bernice McMurray Scott

/nationality = American

/ethnicity = African-American

/religion = Baptist

/college = Antioch College

/restingplace= King Center for Nonviolent Social Change

/awards = Gandhi Peace Prize

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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

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Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

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I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes -- the finer things of life -- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

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The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members, a heart of grace and a soul generated by love.

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There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

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Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

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The nation has lost a committed civil and human rights activist whose life and contributions have made a significant difference.

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