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RIP: Coretta Scott King

By Jeralyn, Section Off Topic
Posted on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 07:35:36 AM EST
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Coretta Scott King has died. May she rest in peace. Firedoglake has a nice tribute.

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    RIP: Coretta Scott King | 3 comments (3 topical)
    Re: RIP: Coretta Scott King (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Tue Jan 31, 2006 at 11:03:56 AM EST
    There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens. --Coretta Scott King
    I hope so, Coretta. For we could use him now...

    Re: RIP: Coretta Scott King (none / 0) (#2)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 02:23:54 PM EST
    Thank you for posting this entry. Important tributes and other links relating to the life and death of Coretta Scott King are posted on the website of the Stanford University The Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute.

    Re: RIP: Coretta Scott King (none / 0) (#3)
    by Edger on Wed Feb 01, 2006 at 02:43:52 PM EST
    Thanks for the link, Susan. In 1965, a year after the Civil Rights Act passed, I was a grade 8 student at Williamsburg Junior High, Arlington, VA. 1500 white children. That was the year they started to integrate the school. The way they did it was to enroll 4 black children. 2 boys, 2 girls. They lasted about a week, if my memory is correct. That was as long as they could put up with being beaten up, spit on and having books thrown at them in the hallways between periods. Some days, since 2001, it seems like people are trying to resurrect the mindset that was so widespread in those years. But I still have a dream, one that Coretta's husband planted in me.

    RIP: Coretta Scott King | 3 comments (3 topical)