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More than the black-veiled image at her husbands funeral

Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Corretta Scott King by Alice Faye Duncan

July 3, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I knew a little bit about Coretta Scott King’s story, but mostly how it related to her husband Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. And when I saw Coretta’s Journey: The Life and Times of Coretta Scott King I was wondering how much her life would be shaped by her husbands? How much would there be about her and not just “oh she was this really famous guy’s wife and mother of his children?” Well, there is a lot about her. More than I really would have […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance Tagged With: African American & Black, Alice Faye Duncan, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Prejudice & Racism, R. Gregory Christie, Social Themes, United States, Women's History

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:464 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Religion, Romance · Tags: African American & Black, Alice Faye Duncan, Coretta Scott King, Dr. Martin Luther King, Prejudice & Racism, R. Gregory Christie, Social Themes, United States, Women's History ·
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A Civil Rights Icon

My Life, My Love, My Legacy by Coretta Scott King

February 8, 2023 by Jake Leave a Comment

Like many white folk who studied the Civil Rights Movement on a surface level, I always assumed Coretta Scott King fully played the Dutiful Wife. She tended to the children, kept the house, lifted the spirits of her famous husband, mourned with dignity and carried on his legacy as she got older. Well, she did do those things. But she did so much more and she deserves to be remembered as more than The Wife. I’ve always had a curiosity about Coretta Scott King ever […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #biography, autobiography, civil rights, Coretta Scott King

Jake's CBR15 Review No:14 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #biography, autobiography, civil rights, Coretta Scott King ·
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