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She was born in Heiberger, Alabama and raised on the farm of her parents, Bernice and Obadiah Scott.
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Scott attended a segregated elementary school, and walked six miles to school while white children rode the bus.
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Coretta Scott King was valedictorian of her graduating class at Lincoln High School
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She received a scholarship and enrolled at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, receiving her Bachelor of Arts in music and education
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Married to Martin Luther King Jr., Marion Alabama
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King and Scott moved to Montgomery, Alabama, after King accepted a pastor job.
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First daughter, Yolanda Denise, is born.
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The King household was bombed by white supremacists. Coretta and their first child escaped. This marked the moment that Coretta became even more immersed into the Civil Rights Movement. She realized she would give her life for this cause.
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Martin Luther King III
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Dexter Scott King is born
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Because of raised responsibilities at home with the children, Coretta stopped her singing career. She found another way to pursue her musical background, and performed a series of critically acclaimed Freedom Concerts, combining poetry, narration and music to tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement.
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Bernice King is born and is their final child.
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King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Coretta Scott King formed the Full Employment Action Council. "100 religious, labor, business, civil and women’s rights organizations dedicated to a national policy of full employment and equal economic opportunity" (Achievement.org)
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Scott-King died of respiratory failure in Rosarito, Mexico.
