Women's History Month: Distinct and Dignified

Coretta Scott King-

Ms. King with her husband's portrait

The widow of civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. supported her husband and left a legacy of her own. She marched with him, attended meetings in his absence, helped coordinate meetings, cared for their four children, and managed their home (Vivian, p. 45).

Mrs. King has a children’s book award named in her honor, The Coretta Scott King Book Award. This award is given annually by the American Library Association’s Ethnic Materials Information Exchange Round Table (EMIERT), and it was founded in 1969 by Mabel McKissack and Glyndon Greer (ALA, 2017). The 2017 winner of the Coretta Scott King author award was the book March Book: Three by Congressman John Lewis and author Andrew Aydin. (ALA, Coretta, 2017)

The Lexington Library and Learning Resource Center has a book about Ms. King, available for borrowing: Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King by Octavia Vivian; call number: 323.092 V858c
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Sources:
American Library Association. (2017). The Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Retrieved from: http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards

American Library Association. (2017). The History of the Coretta Scott King Book Awards. Retrieved from: http://www.ala.org/emiert/cskbookawards/about

The King Center. (2014). About Mrs. King: Coretta Scott King. Retrieved from: http://www.thekingcenter.org/about-mrs-king

Vivian, O. (2006). Coretta: The Story of Coretta Scott King. Minneapolis: Fortress Press.