The First Lady of the Civil Rights movement passed away in her sleep sometime last night or this morning. Born Coretta Scott in 1927, she was a Southern-born black who knew the Jim Crow* South all too well. A fine singer, who studied voice at the New England Conservatory of Music, she met her future husband Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Boston and championed the causes he did for the 15-year course of their partnership. After his assassination in 1968, she remained a civil rights leader and icon.
RIP.
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