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.

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 ...

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 ...

Crowds of mourners have paid tribute to Coretta Scott King at the Georgia State House in Atlanta. The widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, a powerful civil rights activist in her own right, will be ...

It has been 75 years since the birth of Martin Luther King Jr., 41 years since he stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to move a nation by proclaiming "I Have a Dream," 36 since the end to his ...

CORETTA Scott King played at least three major, sometimes overlapping roles during her life. In all of them she exhibited a strength and grace that few Americans failed to notice and appreciate. King, ...

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.