Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King was the wife of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.. The couple met in Boston, where Coretta Scott was studying voice at the New England Conservatory of Music; they were married on 18 June 1953. The family moved to Montgomery, Alabama and then to Atlanta as Dr. King became a civil rights leader and a prominent public figure. After Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Coretta King established the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta; she also supported the establishment of a national holiday in honor of her husband, an idea which became law in 1986. Coretta and Martin Luther King had four children: Yolanda (born 1955), Martin Luther III (b. 1957), Dexter (b. 1961), and Bernice (1963). In 1969 the American Library Association (ALA) created the annual Coretta Scott King award to honor children's book authors and illustrators of African descent.     Coretta Scott King Detailed biography from the Gale Group The King Center The official site of the Atlanta center she founded Family on the Front Line King shares some personal reflections in this 1999 Essence article Coretta Scott King Dies Her 2006 obituary from CNN Birth: April 27, 1927 Birthplace: Marion, Alabama Death: January 30, 2006 (ovarian cancer) Best Known As: Wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.