{"product_id":"coretta-my-life-my-love-my-legacy-9781250159939","title":"Coretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe True Story of Coretta Scott King Told Fully for the First Time\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Book to Read \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e A \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"New and Noteworthy\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Pick \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eRead It Forward\u003c\/i\u003e Favorite Read \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003eMagazine Pick\u003c\/b\u003e -\u003cb\u003e A \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \"\u003c\/i\u003eNotable African-American Titles\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e[\u003ci\u003eCoretta: My Life, My Love, My Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e] \"reveals never-before-told aspects of Mrs. King's life....We learn of the brilliant mind and courageous spirit behind the enigmatic figure\" (\u003ci\u003eEssence\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1927 to daringly enterprising parents in the Deep South, Coretta Scott had always felt called to a special purpose. While enrolled as one of the first black scholarship students recruited to Antioch College, she became politically and socially active and committed to the peace movement. As a graduate student at the New England Conservatory of Music, determined to pursue her own career as a concert singer, she met Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister insistent that his wife stay home with the children. But, in love and devoted to shared Christian beliefs as well as shared racial and economic justice goals, she married Dr. King, and events promptly thrust her into a maelstrom of history throughout which she was a strategic partner, a standard-bearer, and so much more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a widow and single mother of four, she worked tirelessly to found and develop the King Center as a citadel for world peace; lobbied for fifteen years for a U.S. national holiday in honor of her husband; championed women's, workers', and gay rights; and was a powerful international voice for nonviolence, freedom, and human dignity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Distinctly...particularly absorbing\" (Patricia J. Williams, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), Coretta's is a love story, a family saga, and the memoir of an extraordinary black woman in twentieth-century America--a brave leader who, in the face of terrorism and violent hatred, stood committed, proud, forgiving, nonviolent, and hopeful every day of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250159939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.10d","brand":"Coretta Scott King, Barbara Reynolds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42917108482229,"sku":"9781250159939","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1c77d0cb-1c9e-4f49-b8ef-5bd9a34d27d5.jpg?v=1687277773","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/coretta-my-life-my-love-my-legacy-9781250159939","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}