Coretta Scott King, a prominent civil rights leader and wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., passed away on January 30, 2006, aged 78. She was born in Marion, Alabama on April 27, 1927 to Obadiah and Bernice Scott, and grew up in a family deeply committed to racial justice. She studied voice and violin at the New England Conservatory of Music and Antioch College, and met her husband Martin Luther King Jr. in a church choir. Together, the couple led the civil rights movement in voter registration and desegregation throughout the 1950s and 1960s. After his death in 1968, she served as the leader of the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, organizing numerous demonstrations. Mrs. King traveled across the world to give speeches on behalf of the civil rights movement, receiving various awards including the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, National Urban League's Women of Power Award, and the NAACP's Spingarn Medal of achievement. As Coretta Scott King fought for justice, her courage, integrity, and lifelong dedication to her beloved husband and the civil rights movement will continue to be remembered and honored.