My life, my love, my legacy
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Published
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2017.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9781627795982, 1627795987

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"The life story of Coretta Scott King--wife of Martin Luther King Jr., founder of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, and singular twentieth-century American civil rights activist--as told fully for the first time, toward the end of her life, to one of her closest friends Born in 1927 to daringly enterprising black parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. One of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, a committed pacifist, and a civil rights activist, she was an avowed feminist--a graduate student determined to pursue her own career--when she met Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister insistent that his wife stay home with the children. But in love and devoted to shared Christian beliefs and racial justice goals, she married King, and events promptly thrust her into a maelstrom of history throughout which she was a strategic partner, a standard bearer, a marcher, a negotiator, and a crucial fundraiser in support of world-changing achievements. As a widow and single mother of four, while butting heads with the all-male African American leadership of the times, she championed gay rights and AIDS awareness, founded the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, lobbied for fifteen years to help pass a bill establishing the US national holiday in honor of her slain husband, and was a powerful international presence, serving as a UN ambassador and playing a key role in Nelson Mandela's election. Coretta's is a love story, a family saga, and the memoir of an independent-minded black woman in twentieth-century America, a brave leader who stood committed, proud, forgiving, nonviolent, and hopeful in the face of terrorism and violent hatred every single day of her life."--Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

King, C. S., & Reynolds, B. A. (2017). My life, my love, my legacy (First edition.). Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 and Barbara A., Reynolds. 2017. My Life, My Love, My Legacy. Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

King, Coretta Scott, 1927-2006 and Barbara A., Reynolds. My Life, My Love, My Legacy Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

King, Coretta Scott, and Barbara A. Reynolds. My Life, My Love, My Legacy First edition., Henry Holt and Company, 2017.

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