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	Coretta Scott King Summary
		King was vocal in her opposition to capital punishment and the 2003 invasion of Iraq, thus drawing criticism from conservative groups.
		King died in the late evening of January 30, 2006 [8] at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito Beach, Mexico, where she was undergoing holistic therapy for her stroke and advanced stage ovarian cancer.
		King's body was returned to Atlanta and carried through the streets on a horse-drawn carriage to the Georgia State Capitol as the crowd threw roses at the casket and a lone bagpiper played "Amazing Grace"; King became the first woman and fl person to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol.
	www.bookrags.com /Coretta_Scott_King (4269 words)

	The King Center
		King oversaw the first legal holiday in honor of her husband--a holiday which has come to be celebrated by millions of people world-wide and, in some form, in over 100 countries.
		King and three of her children were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, DC, for protesting against apartheid.
		King was named interim Chair and her eldest son Martin Luther King, III assumed the leadership position of President and CEO.
	www.thekingcenter.org /csk/bio.html (1131 words)

	Dexter Scott King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dexter Scott King (born 30 January 1961) is the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Dexter King does not believe that Ray was involved with Martin Luther King's assassination.
		King splits his time between Atlanta, Georgia, where he serves as chairman of the King Center, and Malibu, California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dexter_Scott_King (261 words)

	USATODAY.com - 'Queen of black America' Coretta Scott King dies at 78 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King, who died early Tuesday at 78, was held in such high esteem — for her bravery during the civil rights movement, for her efforts to secure her husband's legacy and for her regal bearing — that her image endured controversy later in her life.
		King's life with the civil rights leader had many harrowing moments, including the bombing of their Montgomery, Ala., house in 1956, when he was away and she was home with her baby daughter and a friend.
		King, a classically trained opera singer who gave up a promising musical career when she married, was the matriarch of a family that was as close to fl royalty as America has known.
	www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2006-01-31-corettascottking_x.htm (2583 words)

	Amazon.ca: Growing Up King : An Intimate Memoir: Books: Dexter Scott King,Ralph Wiley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Scott King, the youngest son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., grew up in a world that was forever changing as a direct result of his father's life and, more importantly, of his father's death.
		However, King fails to take the reader on any sort of coherent emotional journey through his struggle to become a "King," and the narrative is marred by clunky transitions, uninteresting digressions and a sometimes combative tone at odds with the gravity King gives his subject matter.
		Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Mrs.
	www.amazon.ca /Growing-Up-King-Intimate-Memoir/dp/0446529427 (1829 words)

	Coretta Scott King Biography -- Academy of Achievement
		Coretta Scott was born in Heiberger, Alabama and raised on the farm of her parents Bernice McMurry Scott, and Obadiah Scott, in Perry County, Alabama.
		King's fame spread beyond the United States, and he was increasingly seen not only as a leader of the American civil rights movement, but as the symbol of an international struggle for human liberation from racism, colonialism and all forms of oppression and discrimination.
		King and three of her children were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, D.C., for protesting against that country's apartheid system of racial segregation and disenfranchisement.
	www.achievement.org /autodoc/page/kin1bio-1 (1446 words)

	veg.ca: Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, Dick Gregory - vegetarian & vegan
		King spoke out "on behalf of racial and economic justice, women's and children's rights, gay and lesbian dignity, religious freedom, the needs of the poor and homeless, full employment, health care, educational opportunities, nuclear disarmament and ecological sanity," says the biography on The King Center's Web site.
		The King family name is practically synonymous with the principles of non-violence, and Dexter King believes that vegetarianism is the logical extension of that philosophy.
		Under the leadership of Dr. King, I became totally committed to nonviolence, and I was convinced that nonviolence meant opposition to killing in any form.
	www.veg.ca /living/p-king-family.html (720 words)

	The King Center
		King’s funeral services were held on April 9, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church and on the campus of Morehouse College, with the President of the United State proclaiming a day of mourning and flags being flown at half-staff.
		Alberta Williams King, the mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was shot and killed as she sat at the organ in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
		King’s speech at the March on Washington in 1963, along with his acceptance speech of the Nobel Peace Prize, and his final sermon in Memphis are among his most famous utterances.
	thekingcenter.com /mlk/bio.html (2508 words)

	Coretta Scott King: Voice of dignity : National-World : Albuquerque Tribune (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Coretta Scott King pondered a reporter's question in 2003 in front of a portrait of her late husband, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in Atlanta.
		Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music and planning on a singing career when a friend introduced her to Martin Luther King, a young Baptist minister working toward a Ph.D. at Boston University.
		She was followed by Martin III, born in 1957; Dexter Scott, born in 1961; and Bernice Albertine, born in 1963.
	www.abqtrib.com /news/2006/Jan/30/coretta-scott-king-voice-of-dignity (2024 words)

	Audio Books: "Growing Up King" By Dexter Scott King with Ralph Wiley
		Indeed, Dexter King himself had to rely on family and friends for much of the information he offers about his father, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated in 1968, when Dexter was 6.
		King also gives an intimate portrait of his own life -- his professional and personal failures and successes as well as the responsibility of trying to live up to his father's reputation, moral code and sense of mission.
		Dexter King spent years trying to distance himself from his family, dropping out of Morehouse College and holding various jobs, including that of an Atlanta police officer, until he finally realized his own purpose in life -- to promote his father's message of nonviolent struggle.
	www.post-gazette.com /books/reviews/20030302kingp9.asp (290 words)

	Coretta Scott King \| ajc.com
		King has said that her anti-war views were rooted in her religious beliefs and that she became an activist in college.
		The Coretta Scott King Award is presented annually by the American Library Association to a fl author and a fl illustrator for their outstanding inspirational and educational contributions published during the previous year.
		Survivors include two daughters, Yolanda Denise King of Los Angeles and the Rev. Bernice Albertine King of Atlanta, and two sons, Martin Luther King III of Atlanta and Dexter Scott King of Malibu, Calif. She is also survived by a sister, Edythe Bagley of Cheney, Pa., and a brother, Obie Scott of Tuscaloosa, Ala.
	www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0131metkingobit.html (4243 words)

	Coretta Scott King \| ajc.com
		Coretta Scott King was newly widowed with four young children nearly four decades ago, when she envisioned a memorial to her martyred husband, Martin Luther King Jr.
		At the end of Coretta Scott King's life, the King Center was the focus of a bitter dispute between her children over its future.
		Just before Christmas, while Coretta King sought holistic health treatment in Florida, her nephew, Isaac Farris — the King Center's new president and CEO — announced that the center's board was exploring the possibility of selling the Atlanta landmark to the federal government.
	www.ajc.com /metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/0131kingcenter.html (1511 words)

	Press Release: Growing Up King by Dexter Scott King and Ralph Wiley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dexter Scott King was only seven years old when an assassin's bullet took his father's life.
		The third child of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Dexter grew up to eerily resemble his famously beloved father, but living in the shadow of one of the century's great historical figures was not easy.
		Dexter Scott King is currently Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
	www.twbookmark.com /books/81/0446529427/press_release.html (553 words)

	Growing Up King
		His father was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, and it's his people that years later did not want Dexter as leader of the King Center, one of their reasons being his lack of education.
		Dexter's feelings about it, however, were that they didn't need the family of the man that had brought the King Center to the height at which it now stands, and that those against Dexter's leadership wanted to take control of the memorial and remove his mother, as well as him.
		King begins his memoir by telling readers about his childhood with his father and mother up to and after his father's death.
	www.myshelf.com /biography/03/grow1ingupking.htm (355 words)

	The King Center
		King is currently Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr.
		King splits his time between Los Angeles and Atlanta pursuing his responsibilities in media and entertainment, which include producing several projects which are both King legacy and non-King legacy related.
		King serves on the board of the Black Leadership Forum, which is comprised of the nation's top African-American leaders.
	www.thekingcenter.org /tkc/bios/dex_bio.html (528 words)

	Rambles: Dexter Scott King, with Ralph Wiley, Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dexter King has created both a loving tribute to the daddy he knew and a moving account of his own life without the father he adored.
		Dexter describes games in the yard with his bossy older sister Yolanda, escapades with cousins at family gatherings, even hiding his father's cigarettes (a bad habit in which his father indulged during times of stress) -- in other words, a normal family life.
		Just one year later, Dexter's uncle, the Rev. Alfred Daniel (A.D.) King, was found drowned in his own pool, the circumstances of which the family found unlikely.
	www.rambles.net /king_growaud03.html (494 words)

	Martin Luther King III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957, Montgomery, Alabama) is the son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
		King served as an elected commissioner of Fulton County, Georgia, from 1987 to 1993.
		King’s older sister Yolanda is an actress, his younger sister Bernice has become a minister and his younger brother Dexter who oversees the usage of his father’s image is trying to break into the entertainment industry.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_Luther_King_III (633 words)

	Growing Up King: talking with Dexter Scott King - the mix books Q & A Essence - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dexter Scott King was 7 years old when his father, the civil-rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968.
		King: I'm in a position to look back at my life, and I realized there were a number of experiences that needed to be documented.
		King: In school it was expected that I would have all of the answers and know all my subjects.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1264/is_9_33/ai_96195354 (545 words)

	Growing Up King
		Dexter King has not had a life that many of us would envy.
		Coretta Scott King who was thrown into single motherhood with four young children.
		Dexter frequently jumps from his thoughts, to the thoughts of those around him to actual dialogue, making makes the action hard to follow.
	www.myshelf.com /biography/03/growingupking.htm (334 words)

	Controversy, Gossip, and Positive Outlooks: In Honor Of Coretta Scott King
		Coretta Scott King bows her head with her children, the Rev. Bernice King, left, Dexter King, and Martin Luther King III, right, as they pay their respects at the crypt of her husband and their father, slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
		Dexter Scott King, youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., gets a hug from his mother, Coretta Scott King, at a news conference, in this Jan. 14, 1989 file photo, in Atlanta where it was announced that he would replace her as president of the King Center as of April 4, 1989.
		Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is embraced by his wife Coretta Scott King during a news conference at Harlem Hospital in New York, in this Sept. 30, 1958 file photo, where he was recovering from a stab wound following an attack by a woman.
	bconnews.blogspot.com /2006/01/in-honor-of-coretta-scott-king.html (676 words)

	Dexter Scott King - Moviefone
		Dexter Scott King (born 30 January 1961) is the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther...
		Dexter Scott King Dexter Scott King (born 30 January 1961) is the son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Dexter Scott King - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Dexter Scott King Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/dexter-scott-king/237500/main (139 words)

	Amherst College News Releases: Coretta Scott King
		Coretta Scott King was and is a leading participant in the American civil rights movement in her own right.
		King devoted most of her time to raising their four children, but she balanced mothering and movement work.
		King continues to work for racial and economic justice, women?s and children?s rights, gay and lesbian dignity, religious freedom, the needs of the poor and homeless, full-employment, health care, educational opportunities, nuclear disarmament and ecological sanity.
	www.amherst.edu /~pubaff/news/news_releases/02/king02.html (265 words)

	Amazon.com: Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir: Books: Dexter Scott King,Ralph Wiley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Dexter Scott King's memoir accounts for the tremendous history of the King family and his life as the physically favoring, second son of Martin Luther King, Jr.
		Dexter Scott King describes the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr....his father.
		Dexter King is reflective and honest, humble and dutiful.
	www.amazon.com /Growing-Up-King-Intimate-Memoir/dp/0446529427 (2499 words)

	Mrs. Coretta Scott King
		During the 1980s, Coretta King reaffirmed her long-standing opposition to apartheid, participating in a series of sit-in protests in Washington that prompted nationwide demonstrations against South African racial policies.
		King that is awarded for excellence in children's literature.
		King was hospitalized after suffering a stroke and a mild heart attack.
	www.mj-upbeat.com /Mrs.CorettaScottKing.htm (477 words)

	ToxicUniverse.com - King, Dexter Scott (with Wiley, Ralph) - 2003 - Growing Up King: An Intimate Memoir Books Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Unfortunately, Dexter King was only a child when his father was murdered, so his memories are by definition somewhat blurry, and limited by what a child would be told and would understand.
		Dexter King bitterly recounts the several court battles the family has had to fight to keep control of his father's work, even though it's all copyrighted.
		To arguments that the King family are selfish, keeping for themselves what perhaps should belong to the world, Dexter responds that obviously his father meant for his large body of work to be used for his family's benefit, or he wouldn't have bothered to copyright it at all.
	www.toxicuniverse.com /review.php?rid=10004386 (1577 words)

	Coretta Scott King
		oretta Scott King, who died on January 30, 2006 at the age of 78, was a committed activist and a courageous and visionary person.
		Coretta Scott King completed her degree in voice and violin at the New England Conservatory and the couple moved to Montgomery, Alabama where Martin Luther King, Jr.
		In 1985 Coretta King and three of her children were arrested at the South African embassy in Washington, DC for protesting against that country’s apartheid system of racial segregation and disenfranchisement.
	zmagsite.zmag.org /Mar2006/king0306.html (777 words)

	Books by Dexter Scott King - Biography and Bibliography
		Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King, was 6 years old when his father was murdered.
		In this candid memoir, he writes about the years since then, which include the inevitable guilt, the relationship problems stemming from his fear of loss, his attempts to secure the rights to his father's works, and his need to uncover all the truth about his father's assassination.
		These quotations from the civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prizewinner Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., were selected by his widow, Coretta Scott King.
	www.searchbiblio.com /author_biographies/3088882/Dexter_Scott_King.html (293 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, & Books of Martin Luther King, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		King (Author), Coretta Scott King (Editor), Dexter Scott King (Introduction) "Since the institution of slavery was so important to the economic development of America, it had a profound impact in shaping the social-political-legal structure of..." (more)
		This handsome quotation book represents the finest of the Reverend King's words; it is a classic volume compiled from his essays, lectures, and speeches by his wife, Coretta Scott King.
		King's vision of healing and forgiveness is a timeless message that American can ill afford to ignore.
	www.amazon.ca /Martin-Luther-King-Jr-Companion/dp/0312090633 (676 words)

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