Gone But Not Forgotten

Coretta Scott King, who surged to the front of the fight for racial equality in America after her husband Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered in 1968, has died at age 78, friends and family said on Tuesday.

King died overnight, the family said in a statement. She suffered a debilitating stroke and heart attack in August.

After the assassination of her husband, Coretta took on a leading role in the civil rights movement and dedicated the rest of her life to the cause. Her four children have also taken up leading roles in the civil rights movement. La Shawn Barber has more, as does Sister Toldjah

Coretta's biography can be found at the King Center.