Coretta+Scott+King

=Coretta Scott King = **Young LIfe** **When/where they lived (2 pts)** Coretta Scott King was born on April, 27 2010. She grew up on a farm in Heiberger, Alabama. She died on January 30, 2006. Coretta was exposed to racism as a young child. When she went to school she had to walk 5 miles to get to an all black, one roomed school in Marion, Alabama. As she walked to school she saw how the white kids got to ride buses to closer schools. Coretta Scott was a great student. She was at the top of all her classes, Ecspecially music. She graduated from highschool in 1945 as the Valadicorian. Coretta earned a scholarship to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. She graduated with her B.A. in music and education. Coretta recieved a scholarship to New England Conservitory of Music to study concert singing. In Boston she met Martin Luther King Jr.,a young theology major. They were married by Martin's father on June 18, 1953. Coretta and Martin moved to Montgomery after Coretta finished college, so Martin could be a pastor. After Settling down together they had four children.

Even as a undergraduateCoretta Scott took interest and action in Civils Rights. She was a group member of her College's NAACP, Race Relation's group,and of the Civil Liberties Commitee. But she became very involved in civil rights after meeting her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., and moving to Mongomery. Where her and her husband lead a busboycott of the Montgomery buses. For aressting Rosa Parks for not giving her seat up for a white man. Evan though most peoiple see Martin Luther King as the leader of the many famous marches he led, Coretta was at his side for all of them no matter what. People seeing the King's leadership soon saw it as a threat. A group of racists bombed Martin and Coretta's house in 1956. None of their family was hurt. A major way Coretta impacted the Civil Rights Movement was that she organized concerts, poetry reading, and narrations to share the Civilo Rights stories.
 * What they did to impact the Civil Rights Movement (4-5 sentences) (9 pts) **

**On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how important do you think this person was to the movement?(Explain your reasoning in 4-5 sentences) (9 pts)** I think Coretta Scott King was a 8 on the Importance scale of the Civil Right Movemnet. I think this because she stareted a part of trying to change the lives of blacks from a young age. Also because she didn't just let her husband take the lead. She started to come up with ways she could do something and accomplished it. Three Images (3 pts)

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