Husband and wife Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King taken in 1964.
Coretta Scott King was born on April 27, 1927, and died on January 30, 2006. Coretta was a leader in promoting civil rights and racial equality before and after the death of her husband.
Coretta Scott King and husband Martin Luther King taken in 1964. She was instrumental in the creation of Martin Luther King Day into a federal holiday.
never have been able to understand why we need a holiday for him, yes he was a great man and one who had a vision but still he was not a president or anything like that......
Christains make mistakes and sin all the time. I think that is part of what makes him so remarkable. He was human. He did remarkable things but still a human being.
Martin Luther King is a great peacemaker who did his best to solve race relations in the US. I am sorry that things have turned out the way they have and people have quit believing.
Classy couple, both humanely flawed but Reverend Martin Luther King was inspired by his time and infused by the presence of God - something deeper than we can even imagine. He sacrificed his life...
A friend of mine, worked with Marten Luther King as a PR person. He still has a picture with King, some other people and himself with a band recorder, while on some demonstration.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.) was born January 15th, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia to Baptist minister Martin Luther King (born Michael King) and his wife, Alberta. He was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968, preaching Christian values and social equality for all races.
King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. With inspiration from both his own Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Gandhi, he was able to lead targeted, and most importantly nonviolent, resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination in the United States.
He is most famously known for being one of the leaders of the The March on Washington in 1963, where he delivered his famous Martin Luther King Jr. Last Speech "I Have a Dream" on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in DC.
See Passage from the "I Have a Dream Speech" for part of the speech.
Coretta Scott (Scott) King of Atlanta, Fulton County, GA was born on April 28, 1927 in Heiberger, Perry County, Alabama United States, and died at age 78 years old on January 30, 2006 in Rosarito, Rosarito Beach Municipality County, Baja California Mexico. Coretta King was buried on February 7, 2006 in Lithonia, DeKalb County, Georgia United States.
Photos of the 1900's which brought us from the industrial age to the technological age.
From 1900 through 1999 we witnessed the beginning of flight to a man on the moon and a Mars Rover. We went from using phones tethered by cords and computers that filled rooms, to carrying the equivale...
The 1960's were years of great change: Protests (Vietnam War, Free Speech, Civil Rights), assassinations (JFK, Martin Luther King Jr, Bobby Kennedy), conflict (the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Cold War, ...
Images documenting the fight for equality & civil rights in the United States.
Throughout the history of the United States various groups including African-Americans, Native Americans, women, immigrant groups and more have fought for full rights.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 w...
See the faces of just some of the many African Americans who have contributed to building the United States into the country it is today.
African Americans in the early history of the United States had an extremely difficult start as immigrants. Having been primarily forced to immigrate to a new continent, African Americans worked throu...
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.