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Meet Coretta Scott King, a soprano and violinist who used music in her civil rights campaigning
16 February 2021, 13:15 | Updated: 17 February 2021, 13:37
Martin Luther King Jr.’s wife was an unsung civil rights activist with a deep passion and gift for music.
“A lot of people don’t know me and think that I’m a cold, uncaring person.
That I only became who I am because I’m Martin’s wife,” racial equality advocate and trained singer Coretta Scott King says in an interview with National Visionary Leadership Project.
For much of her life, King’s achievements were downplayed next to those of her husband, social justice activist Martin Luther King Jr.
And her story, still widely untold, began with music.
In the family’s hometown, in then-segregated Alabama, Coretta Scott’s mother became known for her singing voice and performed solos in church.
“There was no place else to sing for her when I was growing up,” Coretta Scott says in the same interview.
Scott was bathed in song fr