코레타 스콧 킹

소개

코리타 스콧 킹(Coretta Scott King, 1927년 4월 27일 ~ 2006년 1월 30일)은 마틴 루터 킹 주니어의 부인이며, 민권 운동자, 정치인이었다.

Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston. They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.