Correta Scott King has passed.
The civil rights icon and widow of Martin Luther King Jr., never fully recovered from a stroke and heart attack last August. This morning on Today, Andrew Young made the official family announcement in a telephone interview. He said that Mrs. King passed quietly at around 1AM: "She was asleep last night and her daughter went in to wake her up and she was not able to and so she quietly slipped away. Her spirit will remain with us just as her husband's has."
King's presence was striking. In the days after her husband's assasination, she lead a march in Memphis and her work spearheaded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change and the federal holiday. Even more memorable was Coretta Scott King's quiet grace and dignity. In an era when mediocrity passes for average, her lifetime of extraordinary achievement is benchmark. "I think you rise to the occasion in a crisis," she once said. "I think the Lord gives you strength when you need it."Coretta Scott King was 78 years old.
"I think you rise to the occasion in a crisis," she once said. "I think the Lord gives you strength when you need it."
ReplyDeleteAmen....