Coretta Scott King

Question: Who was known as the First Lady of the U.S. civil rights movement?

Answer: Coretta Scott King. She helped her husband, Martin Luther King Jr. fight for equal rights for African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s. After his death, she continued to speak out for peace and equality for all people.

-As a child in Alabama, she picked cottom to help her family earn money.
-She played three musical instruments in high school and sang solos.
-She worked for years to make Martin Luther King Jr's birthday a national holiday.