Last updated on:
6/4/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Coretta Scott King Biography
- Title:
- Human Rights Advocate
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Nov. 2006
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder and Co-Chair, Full Employment Action Council, 1974
- Chair, the King Center, 1968-1995
- Activist and advocate for numerous causes including the Civil Rights movement with her husband Martin Luther King Jr.
- Former member of Black Leadership Forum, the National Black Coalition for Voter Participation, and the Black Leadership Roundtable.
- Honorary doctorates from over 60 colleges and universities
- Education:
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- Degree, Voice and Violin, New England Conservatory of Music, 1954
- BA, Music and Education, Antioch College, 1951
- Other:
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- Died on Jan. 30, 2006
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