Coretta Scott King: This is what a leader looks like.

[EFerrari]

There aren't too many people who can survive the stardom of their spouses, let alone the martyrdom.

Today we celebrate Coretta Scott King, partner, activist, widow, mentor, soldier, girl.

Let's listen to the eulogies, to the stories, let's listen long and well. Let's listen because her life has stories we need to learn just now. Let's watch and listen and remember and take in, the beauty that this true public servant brought into this nation -- the likes of which we can only hope may come this way again.

Thank you, Coretta Scott King. We thank you.

[SnoopDog]

1. Thank you for these photos...

Mr. Clinton was right - Ms. King was beautiful throughout her time.

And the photos of Mr. King brought back memories I only had as a child.

[EFerrari]

6. She was drop dead beautiful, inside and out.

:)

I, too, had memories today that brought back so much, so much.

This is what our leadership looked like when I was growing up.

[Gormy Cuss]

26. I agree wholeheartedly.

She always seemed so proud and hopeful and dignified.

[EFerrari]

28. There was something about her that we needed and that was

hard to read at the time. I remember people resenting her just not retiring when she was widowed.

No one knew how to deal with this woman. :)

What a deep well of patience she must have had.

[Bluebear]

2. A wonderful presentation.

You know, she was a great beauty, inside and out!

[EFerrari]

9. She really was. I had forgotten or something. Look at this beauty

waiting to be unleashed on the world. :)

[WillyT]

3. Those Are Beautiful !!! - Thank You !!!

:cry:

[EFerrari]

11. I've been tearing up all day. Damn, there's a great spirit gone.

[madokie]

14. That spirit will live inside me as long as I live, and I can honestly

say as long as my two sons too.
Yes we have a long way to go to equality and yes we shall prevail. beauty is not measured by the flesh it is measured by the heart. This lady surely had it.

[EFerrari]

18. catgirl told me when Andy passed, that the pain we feel

is us just trying to make room inside.

She was so right.

This was a woman of parts. We will always be in debt to her courage and to her patient, tough heart.

[journalist3072]

4. T4P!!! Love it! eom

[PretzelWarrior]

5. I don't get it. are you saying she's already reincarnated

into a little white baby? That's what your time lapse photos seem to indicate you're saying.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

7. Lol! Hey! I'm trying to be serious here.

:rofl:

[PretzelWarrior]

8. I know. I know. I nominated ya!

I think it's great to see her back then and be reminded of how great women help to make great men. it is often by choice they support the public leadership of their spouse. in her case...he was taken early and then she rose up to continue fighting for justice.

[EFerrari]

12. Martin was a pretty smart cat to snag this woman.

He pretty much had to know that she would stand by him, stand tall next to him even if they pointed a nuke right at his head. Dr. King was a very wise man. :evilgrin:

[Judi Lynn]

10. Great photos. Thanks for the moment of remembering her. n/t

[ClayZ]

13. Thanks, here is another!

www.medaloffreedom.com/MartinLutherKingJr.htm

[EFerrari]

16. Thank you, ClayZ!

:cry:

[FreedomAngel82]

17. Wonderful picture!!

:loveya: Who is the other guy with a medal sitting down??

[ClayZ]

22. ....at right is King's father Martin Luther King, Sr

[FreedomAngel82]

15. They were a very beautiful family

The kids were so cute!!

[EFerrari]

19. And remember, the whole time those kids were toddlers,

this family was targeted.

But, somehow, somehow, Coretta shook it off. She did not cave even when they stole her husband from her.

She was all of that. And, for years, for all those years, she was.

[smartvoter]

20. These are great. K&R. nt

[helderheid]

21. Thank you!! I must post my favorite. God I hope I age as well as she did!

Those EYES

[EFerrari]

23. Just awesome. I remember that after Dr. King was

assassinated, many people seemed to feel jealous of her grief.

She had to shoulder so much, even envy of her loss. And she did it so well.

:)

[bliss_eternal]

24. Such a gorgeous picture--

she's just beautiful. The look in her eyes, that anything at all is possible. RIP Mrs. King... You will be missed.

[EFerrari]

27. Faith meant something real then.

Something real. I don't mean so much the religious aspect, but the ability to have faith in people. 'Member that?

And no matter what they put her through, she never gave up on us.

[EFerrari]

25. Kick

Thank you, Coretta.

This whole country is better because you had faith in us.

[Patsy Stone]

29. Right you are!

She was a strong, beautiful woman who saw and did more than most of us will ever experience. She did it all will love and grace. RIP, Mrs. King.

K&R.

[EFerrari]

30. Thank you for sitting with this, Patsy Stone.

For some reason, it feels like a whole race is going away. Not true but, it feels that way tonight.

[helderheid]

31. MST3000 - just noticed!

aside from that, RIP Coretta and let's embrace this day because it is not the end of a movement - but a beginning for a new generation

[EFerrari]

32. To Coretta with gratitude and attitude

:toast:

[fooj]

34. Who among us will join the Freedom Choir?

For whom does the bell toll? It tolls for you and for me.

Peace.:patriot:

[EFerrari]

36. You are watching this, I know, fooj.

:hug:

[Stephanie]

33. She was beautiful.

I envy her. What a life!

[EFerrari]

35. She was quietly astonishing.

Lol!

What a life, what a heart, what a head.

And her husband wandered and it seems as though Bernice has a ration of issues.

But there she was, doing, making, building.

Damn.

:)

[EFerrari]

37. last kick tonight.

Thank you, Coretta. And please wish us luck.

[Nothing Without Hope]

38. ***NPR has a TREASURY of new and old AUDIO clips, photos and more:

DON'T MISS THIS PAGE AT NPR!!!! There's so much rich history and reminiscence - and you don't have to click on Shrub's hypocritical speech.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5180053

Here's a list of linked audio clips of Mrs. King speaking:

In Her Words

Excerpts from a 1968 rally and a 2003 interview with Tavis Smiley:

King speaking at Memphis rally in April 1968, after her husband's death.
America "has a long way to go" on economic justice.
Civil rights struggles were for Blacks and Whites.
On why she married Martin Luther King Jr.
Civil rights struggle was a "commitment," not a "sacrifice."
Jan. 20, 2003
Tavis Smiley's full interview with Coretta Scott King.

Remarks made on MLK Day, Jan. 17, 2000, during a memorial service at the Atlanta church where Dr. King once preached.

King's daughter, Rev. Bernice King, defends her mother against criticism over the King family's decision to sue CBS over its use of King's 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech without permission.
Coretta Scott King responds to her daughter's comments.


...and there's SO MUCH MORE linked to on this page. Don't miss it. There's also a photo gallery. Here are some of them:


Caption: 1956 - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, emerge from the Montgomery Courthouse in 1956, following his trial on charges of conspiring to boycott segregated city buses. Credit: AFP/Getty Images


Caption: 1965 - The Kings lead demonstrators to the state capitol in Montgomery, Ala., at the end of a five-day civil rights march, on March 25, 1965. Credit: Bettmann/Corbis


Caption: 1968 - Coretta Scott King, during her slain husband's funeral service, April 9, 1968, at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where King was pastor. Credit: Bettmann/Corbis


Caption: March on Memphis - Coretta Scott King leads a "March on Memphis," April 9, 1968, five days after the assassination of her husband in that city. On her right, daughter Yolanda walks with brothers Martin and Dexter; on Mrs. King's left are the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Andrew Young. Credit: Getty Images


Caption: Coretta Scott King accompanies her husband the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., to Oslo, Norway, where he received the Nobel Peace Prize, December 1964. AFP/Getty Images

[Binka]

39. This Struck Me These Two Pictures There Is Some Energy & Joy WOW!

The shape of their faces, the noses, the cheeks, the eyebrows.....

Coretta



Peyton Rose

[EFerrari]

42. Yes! Definitely. Oh, boy, Binka. you only have a few more

peaceful years left.

lol

[Nothing Without Hope]

50. Oh yes, I can see what you mean! What a delight - thanks! n/t

[mia]

40. Thanks for the link!

Looking forward to checking it out later.

[EFerrari]

43. Thank you, so much, NWH. n/t

[Nothing Without Hope]

45. And YOU, Beth - thank you for this thread and for all that you do.

And I so much enjoy seeing that Andy photo and quote in every single one of your posts. That smile - it's beyond megawatt because it comes from the heart and the photo shows that it always was there.

BTW, was there ever any response to your campaign of mailing San Francisco phone directories to O'Liely? Even if not, he must have gotten some notice for it from the people who saw them. What a great idea.

For you: :grouphug: :loveya: :patriot:

[EFerrari]

47. Let's see. We noticed that Faux put a new ad up for

bin Reilly. They also went to the expense of returning some of the phonebooks, lol! And, I think we've all been issued denials by the FCC. SillyGoose had a really great idea for follow up, but there have been so many fires, bin Reilly slipped down the list.

I have no doubt that his producers where aware of the sudden rash of complaints to the FCC, denied or not. :)

:toast:

[bleever]

41. Amen.

"Today we celebrate Coretta Scott King, partner, activist, widow, mentor, soldier, girl."

Very nicely said. Thanks!


:)

[EFerrari]

44. I loved the way Maya said that, with humor and so much affection.

:hi:

[Catherine Vincent]

46. Very nice photos!

Thanks!

[EFerrari]

48. I never knew before yesterday what a looker Mrs. King was.

On top of everything else she was. :)

[Nothing Without Hope]

49. True beauty radiates from the soul. It is ageless and it is strong beyond

the imagination of those who only understand mere prettiness.

[EFerrari]

51. Kick right here