Coretta scott king autobiography
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Most remember Coretta as the wife of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Coretta wanted us to know who she was, not only as the supporter and partner in her husband 's work but in her own right as a life-long pacifist and human rights leader.
Coretta's courage and determination was sustained by her deep Christian faith, which gave her strength to endure what would break those of us made of baser metal.
From her childhood she was cognizant of racism; as her father endeavored to run businesses to support her family he was victimized, his businesses destroyed. The family home, built by Coretta's grandfather, was burned to the ground, and her uncle lynched. Her education was sub par and yet she won a scholarship to Antioch College.
Coretta had the gift of song and music and planned to pursue a career as a concert singer. Then a friend introduced her to a young minister who wanted a wife; his standards were very high and he was frustrated that he would never find his perfect helpmate. Until he met Coretta.
At their first meeting Martin Luther King
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Coretta: The Autobiography of Mrs. Coretta Scott King
Coming January 2024
This was wonderful! I listened to it while putting my daughter to bed tonight (she's becoming quite the audiobook fan lately, and is often requesting audiobooks to lull her to sleep).
The physical book is 40 pages. The audiobook is 44mins at 1x speed.
This children's book was adapted from Coretta Scott King's adult memoir, and though it's much shorter, it gives a good overview, from Mrs. King's beginnings picking cotton for $2 week, her early experiences with racism and white supremacist violence, to meeting and eventually starting a family with Martin Luther King Jr..
There's mention of the boycotts, sit-ins, protests, and the March on Washington, as well as Mrs. King's role in the Civil Rights Movement, both as MLKs wife and biggest supporter, and then as an activist in her own right, picking up where her late husband left off.
We hear of the creation of the The King Center, a global human rights organization, expanding the message of non violence, as well as Mrs. King's role in ending the apartheid in South Africa.
Where the audiobook lacks the pictures of the physical book, it makes up for it with the sound effects! Seasoned narrator January Lavoy is wonderf
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Coretta Scott King
American civil forthright leader; better half of Histrion Luther Scheme Jr. (1927–2006)
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