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Coretta Scott King

1927 - 2006

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Coretta Scott King (née Scott; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader who was the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his assassination in 1968. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Coretta Scott King is the 258th most popular social activist (up from 283rd in 2019), the 3,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,135th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Coretta Scott King ranks 258 out of 840. Before her are Edward Snowden, Djamila Bouhired, Haim Arlosoroff, Zinaida Portnova, Attica, and Emmett Till. After her are Édouard René de Laboulaye, Eunus, Nancy Wake, Vera Figner, C. Rajagopalachari, and Ho Jong-suk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Coretta Scott King ranks 134. Before her are Alfredo Kraus, Alan King, François Furet, Nguyễn Khánh, Vasile Milea, and Al Martino. After her are Yury Grigorovich, Erich Probst, Albert Zafy, Zbigniew Cybulski, Roy Chiao, and Vittorio Gregotti. Among people deceased in 2006, Coretta Scott King ranks 115. Before her are Nadira, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, Ali Farka Touré, Te Atairangikaahu, Elizabeth Bolden, and John Money. After her are Marie Tharp, Faas Wilkes, Billy Preston, Allen Carr, Marek Grechuta, and Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Coretta Scott King ranks 3,139 out of 20,380. Before her are Paula Abdul (1962), Elihu Root (1845), Tito Puente (1923), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Joseph W. Tobin (1952), and Arnold Orville Beckman (1900). After her are Shirley Knight (1936), Kamehameha III (1814), Lindsay Wagner (1949), Zack Snyder (1966), Jeffrey Tambor (1944), and Marie Tharp (1920).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Coretta Scott King ranks 33. Before her are Sojourner Truth (1797), Fred Phelps (1929), Martin Luther King Sr. (1899), Gloria Steinem (1934), Edward Snowden (1983), and Emmett Till (1941). After her are Edna Parker (1893), George Lincoln Rockwell (1918), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Louise Bryant (1885), Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899), and Jesse Jackson (1941).

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