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by Adele Loubieres

by Adele Loubieres. Introduction. Coretta Scott King is an inspiration. She is an African-American woman who changed our world by fighting for civil rights and women's rights. Thanks to her and other activists I have a much richer life than I would have had in the 20th century.

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by Adele Loubieres

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  1. by Adele Loubieres

  2. Introduction Coretta Scott King is an inspiration. She is an African-American woman who changed our world by fighting for civil rights and women's rights. Thanks to her and other activists I have a much richer life than I would have had in the 20th century.

  3. Early Life • Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927 in Marion, Alabama • She was raised on her parents farm, Bernice McMurry Scott and Obadiah Scott, in Perry County,Alabama • As a child Coretta would walk 5 miles to get to one-room Crossroad School in Marion, Alabama • As Coretta walked to school the white/caucasian children would take a bus to a school closer by • As Coretta got older she moved onto Lincoln High School, in 1945 Coretta graduated and went on to Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio • She was very interested in music and learned to play a few instruments

  4. Influences & Inspirations • Eleanor Roosevelt- First Lady of the U.S.A. • Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune-An African-American woman who was an advisor to President Franklin Roosevel • Paul Robeson-A famous African-American singer • Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.-Her husband and the leader of Civil Rights Movement

  5. Obstacles • Being African-American • Being a woman • Living in the South (Alabama) • Her husband was assassinated

  6. Accomplishments • She was an African-American woman who graduated from college even before the Civil Rights Movement • She raised four children mostly on her own • Fought to have her husband's birthday instituted as a national holiday • She was a published author

  7. Later Life & Death • Coretta Scott King suffered from ovarian cancer and died of it at age 78 on January 30,2006

  8. Conclusion We should remember Coretta Scott King because she risked her life for many people. She was fighting for African Americans and woman’s rights, and that may not seem like a lot but it is. She was a terrific civil rights activist. Think about how different your life would be if you lived in the 20th century. Think about how much Coretta changed our world.

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  10. Quotes • "Hate is a great burden to bear, it injures the hater more than the hated." • "I am fulfilled in what I do. I never thought a lot of money or fine clothes-the finer things in life- would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense." • "Segragation was wrong when it was forced by white people, I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.” • "When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone ."

  11. Bibliography • Google Search • achievement.org • biography.com • wikipedia

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