Posts tagged: Coretta Scott King

A 12-foot-tall bronze statue of arms embracing

The Embrace: A Visit to the New Martin Luther (and Coretta!) King Statue on the Boston Common

January 16, 2023 | By Fritz Holznagel

On a beautiful snowy Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday in Boston, we went to the Boston Common to see the new tribute to Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott …..

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with civil rights leaders in his White House office in Washington, D.C., Jan. 18, 1964. The black leaders, from left, are, Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); James Farmer, national director of the Committee on Racial Equality; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference; and Whitney Young, executive director of the Urban League. (AP Photo)

Martin Luther King Pushed for Global Justice, Not Just Civil Rights at Home

January 15, 2022 | By The Conversation

MLK’s vision for nonviolence included abolishing what he called triple evils – racism, poverty and militarism – and his anger at the Vietnam War led him to push for a broader agenda.