Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have one grandchild. Their son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, share a daughter, Yolanda Renee King, born in 2008.

Coretta became the founder and leader of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, which she established in 1968 as a way to memorialize her husband’s life and work.

Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. Discover how their relationship, rooted in respect and commitment, strengthened the civil rights movement. Expert opinions and untold details.

Coretta Scott King kisses her husband, Martin Luther King, Jr., in Montgomery, Alabama at the culmination of the Selma to Montgomery March, March 25th 1965. (Photo by Ben Martin/Getty Images) ...

Martin Luther King Jr. forgot Coretta’s birthday in 1965, but she said she didn’t mind. “In the light of my own involvement and commitments,” she said, “it is not too difficult for me to ...

A man reaches to touch a detail of the 20-foot-high bronze sculpture "The Embrace," a memorial to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, in the Boston Common, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023 ...

Coretta Scott King was a young woman living in Boston when she met Martin Luther King. GBH took a closer look at her life as part of the unveiling of a monument commemorating the couple's meeting.

In the spring of 1963 during the campaign to integrate Birmingham, Alabama’s downtown business district, Martin Luther King was arrested for leading protests in spite of local injunctions ...

Nearly 60 years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed thousands on the Boston Common, city officials unveiled a sculpture commemorating the civil rights leader and his wife, Coretta Scott King.

Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has died. He was 62 years old. Dexter King was the third of the iconic civil-rights leaders’ four children.

In July 2024, a color photo of what appeared to be American activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, went viral on X , garnering more than 16.9 million views and ...