At a five-hour funeral service for Coretta Scott King, presidents past and present lauded the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., for continuing her husband's legacy after the civil rights icon ...

The memorial service for Coretta Scott King brought presidents to this mega-church in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. Some 10,000 mourners came to the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, including ...

In Georgia Tuesday, an estimated 10,000 people filled the pews of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in the Atlanta suburb of Lithonia, for the funeral of civil rights pioneer Coretta Scott King.

LITHONIA, Ga. — Ten thousand mourners — including four U.S. presidents, numerous members of Congress and many gray-haired veterans of the civil rights movement — said goodbye to Coretta Scott King on ...

The funeral of Coretta Scott King last week in Lithonia, Ga., brought together two of The Scrapbook’s favo-rite statesmen, Sen. Edward Kennedy and former President Jimmy Carter, on the same podium for ...

Mrs. Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at the age of 78. From a 1998 interview with NPR, Mrs. King reflects on the importance of music to the Civil Rights Movement.

Five women stand at the end of a funeral line to pay their respects to a fallen civil rights leader. As they wait, their conversations reveal their different and shared experiences as they find the ...