Coretta Scott King

== Family life ==
Martin often called Coretta "Corrie", even when the two were still only dating.<ref name=Garrow49>Garrow, p. 49.</ref>
The FBI captured a dispute between the couple in the middle of 1964, where the two both blamed each other for making the [[Civil Rights Movement]] even more difficult. Martin confessed in a 1965 sermon that his secretary had to remind him of his wife's birthday and the couple's wedding anniversary.<ref>Dyson, p. 215.</ref> For a time, many accompanying her husband would usually hear Coretta argue with him in telephone conversations. King resented her husband when he failed to call her to ask about the children while he was away and when she learned of his plans to not include her in formal visits, such as the [[White House]]. However, when King failed to meet his own standards by missing a plane and fell into a level of despair, Coretta told her husband over the phone that "I believe in you, if that means anything."<ref>Frady, pp. 66–67.</ref> Author Ron Ramdin wrote "King faced many new and trying moments, his refuge was home and closeness to Coretta, whose calm and soothing voice whenever she sang, gave him renewed strength. She was the rock upon which his marriage and civil rights leadership, especially at this time of crisis, was founded."<ref>Ramdin, p. 35.</ref>

After she succeeded in getting Martin Luther King Jr. Day made a federal holiday, King said her husband's dream was "for people of all religions, all socio-economic levels, and all cultures to create a world community free from violence, poverty, racism, and war so that they could live together in what he called the beloved community or his world house concept."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7QDAAAAMBAJ&q=jet+coretta+scott+king|title=Martin Luther King, Jr.: His Widow Keeps His Dream Alive|date=January 20, 1986|work=Jet |access-date=June 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019043605/https://books.google.com/books?id=o7QDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=jet+coretta+scott+king&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hJvUUvC9OdLuoATI2IHoBw&ved=0CEgQ6AEwBzge#v=onepage&q=jet%20coretta%20scott%20king&f=false|archive-date=October 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

King considered raising children in a society that discriminated against them seriously, and spoke against her husband whenever the two disagreed on the financial needs of their family.<ref>Jackson, p. 47.</ref> The Kings had four children; [[Yolanda King|Yolanda]], [[Martin Luther King III|Martin III]], [[Dexter Scott King|Dexter]] and [[Bernice King|Bernice]]. All four children later followed in their parents' footsteps as civil rights activists. Her daughter Bernice referred to her as "My favorite person".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.atlantamagazine.com/features/2013/07/31/interview-bernice-king/page/2 |title=Interview: Bernice King |work=[[Atlanta (magazine)|Atlanta]] |first=Rebecca |last=Burns |date=July 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214083751/http://www.atlantamagazine.com/features/2013/07/31/interview-bernice-king/page/2 |archive-date=December 14, 2013 }}</ref> Years after King's death, Bernice would say her mother "spearheaded the effort to establish the King Center in Atlanta as the official living memorial for Martin Luther King Jr., and then went on to champion a national holiday commemorating our father's birthday, and a host of other efforts; and so in many respects she paved the way and made it possible for the most hated man in America in 1968 to now being one of the most revered and loved men in the world."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/10/17/mlk-family-opens-up-about-assassination/|title=King Family Opens Up About MLK Assassination and Legacy|date=October 17, 2011|work=Fox News Latino|access-date=January 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201222905/http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2011/10/17/mlk-family-opens-up-about-assassination/|archive-date=February 1, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dexter Scott King's resigning four months after becoming president of the King Center has often been attributed to differences with his mother. Dexter's work saw a reduction of workers from 70 to 14, and also removed a child care center his mother had founded.<ref>Firestone, David (July 26, 2001). [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/26/us/a-civil-rights-group-suspends-then-reinstates-its-president-413836.html "A civil rights group suspends, then reinstates, its president"]. ''The New York Times''.</ref> She lived in a small house with 4 children.