A Tribute to Coretta Scott King by Jo Freeman

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Coretta Scott King Photos

Coretta Scott King and Maya Angelou share the stage with first families at the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas in November 1977. To her left is Judy Carter, daughter-in-law of the President. On their right are Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, and Linda Johnson Robb.

In October 1988, the King Center in Atlanta
was one of the hosts for a conference on
Women and the Civil Rights Movement.

Coretta Scott King speaks to the conference at a nearby church.

Coretta Scott King at a conference luncheon hosted by Georgia State University.

Coretta Scott King closes the conference by singing "We Shall Overcome" with Rosa Parks

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Copyright © 2006 by Jo Freeman. Some of Jo's early civil rights activism is described in her most recent book At Berkeley in the Sixties: Education of an Activist (Indiana U. Press 2004).