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The wife of famed civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King fought segregation and strove for world peace. She and Dr. King played a major role in the Montgomery bus boycott, and after her husband's death, Coretta continued to honor his memory by speaking out against racial injustice in the United States and abroad.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5"Journey to Freedom: Coretta Scott King" is a thorough biography of her life and the civil rights movement. The book includes many photographs that help tell her story. There are also definitions of words that may be unclear to younger readers. This biography would be a great teaching tool.
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