Coretta Scott King honored in Atlanta - Race in America - MSNBC.com
ATLANTA - It’s been a year since Coretta Scott King received thunderous applause when she surprised guests at the annual Salute to Greatness Dinner and appeared on stage, smiling and waving with her children.
On Saturday, guests again applauded the widow of Martin Luther King Jr., as she was honored posthumously for her human rights contributions and work to preserve her husband’s legacy in the decades after his death.
King suffered a stroke and heart attack in August 2005 and battled ovarian cancer before she died in January 2006.
