Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King, Commemorative Edition

Name: Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King, Commemorative Edition
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ISBN: 9780800638535

By: Octavia Vivian

Fortress Press / 2006 / Paperback

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An admiring biography written by Octavia Vivian, a close personal friend of Coretta Scott King. After King's assasination in 1968, his wife could have retired from public life. Instead, she decided to speak out, organizeand march in order to help achieve her husband's dream of an America where everybody had equal rights.

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Title: Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King, Commemorative Edition
By: Octavia Vivian
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 160
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2006

Dimensions: 8 X 5.5 (inches)
Weight: 8 ounces
ISBN: 0800638530
ISBN-13: 9780800638535
Stock No: WW638530

Publisher's Description

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In this first biography of Coretta Scott King, writtenby her friend Octavia Vivian, the reader meets adetermined young girl who grew up in Alabama andworked her way through Antioch College only to discoverthat she was not allowed to teach in the white schools inOhio. She pursued a musical career in Boston, where shemet Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 brought Dr. Kingand his wife into national prominence. Since then thenation has seen the beauty and composure of CorettaScott King as she has continued to speak and act onbehalf of civil rights.

First published in 1970 by Fortress Press, this commemorativeedition has been thoroughly updated, includes a black andwhite photo gallery, and is full of warmth and human interest,telling the story of Coretta Scott King from her childhoodto her death in February 2006.

Author Bio

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Octavia Vivian has worked extensively in the Civil Rights Movement and was a life-long friend of Coretta Scott King. Her husband, C.T. Vivian, was a former member of Dr. King's executive staff. She lived in Atlanta, Georgia.