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Coretta Scott King Speaks about Peace Coretta Scott King delivered numerous powerful speeches advocating for civil rights, women's rights, and peace, both before and after her husband, Martin Luther King Jr.'s, assassination, including her "Ten Commandments on Vietnam" and a 1968 Harvard Class Day speech. Key Speeches and Themes: "Ten Commandments on Vietnam" (April 27, 1968): This speech, delivered shortly after her husband's death, outlined her opposition to the Vietnam War and its impact on t

Civil rights activist Coretta Scott King was born #OnThisDay in 1927 in Marion, Alabama. Her vision for social justice was influential to her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and continued long after his death. Scott King’s social justice work began when she was enrolled as a student at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Before graduating, she enrolled in the local NAACP chapter, as well as the college’s Race Relations and Civil Liberties committees. After moving with her husband to M

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