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 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 ...

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 ...

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.

Visitors and locals pass “The Embrace” memorial on Boston Common every day where a loving hug between Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King is solidified in bronze. Many people know ...

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 ...

For Black women of my mother’s generation, Coretta Scott King was like Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. Following the assassination of her husband, during days of very public mourning, Mrs. King was a ...

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LITHONIA, Ga. - Four U.S. presidents joined more than 10,000 mourners Tuesday in saying goodbye to Coretta Scott King, praised by President Bush as "one of the most admired Americans of our time." ...