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 ...

Reports from Haiti of brave, determined and hopeful people in half-mile-long lines who walked hours to cast their ballots by candlelight – some even stampeded trying to get into polling stations – ...

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 ...

~ The service at times turned political with anti-war comments. LITHONIA, Ga. -- When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson didn't attend his funeral, choosing ...

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 American presidents, numerous members of Congress and many gray-haired veterans of the civil rights movement – said goodbye to Coretta Scott King ...

Long before she became the wife of an Atlanta gospel minister who changed a nation by teaching tolerance and social activism through nonviolent means, Coretta Scott King was a gifted woman in her own ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- The elder son of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. said it was a "big mistake" that his family did not make sure entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte spoke at Coretta ...

Upon learning she had terminal cancer, Coretta Scott King faced her future with dignity and grace. A woman who could have let herself be known solely for tragedy, but refused to shelter herself in ...

LITHONIA, Ga., Feb. 7 -- Coretta Scott King was bid a final farewell Tuesday in a stirring church service that was equal parts funeral, family reunion, and national commemoration of the woman who ...