Today marks what would have been Coretta Scott King’s 95th birthday. Although she passed in 2006 at the tender age of 78, her impact will last a lifetime. Throughout the years, this amazing woman has ...

So much of the work King and her husband devoted their lives to remains undone. With the world remaining too full of suffering and injustice, we need King’s example more than ever. Contributing Editor ...

As we prepare to observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I reflect on his wife, Coretta Scott King. Inasmuch as I honor and admire the leadership and legacy of the Rev. King, I wonder about the one who ...

The daughter of iconic civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has called for her late mother, Coretta Scott King, to be honored alongside her father during the national holiday celebrating ...

What’s in a name? For this rose, a lot. Coretta Scott King, the widow of the the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and a civil rights activist in her own right, now has a rose that bears her name. The rose ...

#SeeHer Story airs on PEOPLE.com and @PeopleTV social handles Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously ...

Coretta Scott King's daughter is firing back at people reducing her mother to a "prop." Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, shared a pointed message on X, formerly ...

Coretta Scott King, the dignified and determined widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who assumed her murdered husband’s burden as chief symbol of the civil rights movement and fiercely guarded ...

The spouses of revolutionary leaders, celebrities, and famous athletes, tend to get overlooked. It’s rare that we get a vivid description of what life was like for the spouse. It’s even rarer that we ...

Majors has previously compared himself and Good to Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife in the past Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined PEOPLE as a ...

Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died. She was 78 years old, and suffered a serious heart attack and stroke last August. Madeleine Brand looks back at King's life ...