CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - This Monday and the third Monday of every January, America honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King ... His wife, Coretta Scott King, played an integral ...

Visitors and locals pass “The Embrace” memorial on Boston Common every day where a loving hug between Martin Luther King Jr.

Related: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30 Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King is best known for her advocacy for civil rights. Along with many others ...

The Coretta Scott King Classic, named after the late civil rights leader and widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., will be played at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., on Monday, Jan. 20 ...

Martin Luther King Jr., the Atlanta native ... King spent his wedding night in a funeral parlor. When King married his wife, Coretta Scott, in her father’s backyard in 1953, there was virtually ...

In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... didn’t happen until 1979. King’s widow, Coretta Scott King, led the lobbying effort to drum up ...

Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't born in Alabama, but his legacy and impact are felt throughout the state and in the heart of Birmingham. While at college in Boston, he met his wife, Coretta Scott King.