Coretta Scott King

== Recognition and tributes ==
Coretta Scott King was the recipient of various honors and tributes both before and after her death. She received honorary degrees from many institutions, including [[Princeton University]], [[Duke University]], and [[Bates College]]. She was honored by both of her [[alma mater]]s in 2004, receiving a Horace Mann Award from Antioch College<ref name=King2004/> and an Outstanding Alumni Award from the New England Conservatory of Music.<ref name="NEC">{{cite web|title=Alumni Profile: Coretta Scott King '54, '71 hon. D.M. |publisher=[[New England Conservatory of Music]] |url=http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/alumni/alumni_profiles/profiles/king.htm |access-date=September 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071019051447/http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/alumni/alumni_profiles/profiles/king.htm |archive-date=October 19, 2007 }}</ref>

In 1970, the [[American Library Association]] began awarding a [[Coretta Scott King Award|medal named for Coretta Scott King]] to outstanding African-American writers and illustrators of [[children's literature]].<ref name="ALA">[http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/abouttheawarda/cskabout.htm About the CSK Awards]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210124941/http://www.ala.org/ala/emiert/corettascottkingbookaward/abouttheawarda/cskabout.htm|date=February 10, 2006}}</ref>

In 1978, [[Women's Way]] awarded King with their first Lucretia Mott Award for showing a dedication to the advancement of women and justice similar to Lucretia Mott's.

Many individuals and organizations paid tribute to Scott King following her death, including U.S. President George W. Bush,<ref name="SU2006">{{cite web |last=Bush |first=George W. |author-link=George W. Bush |title=State of the Union |publisher=The White House |date=January 31, 2006 |url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/ |access-date=September 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620034024/http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/stateoftheunion/2006/ |archive-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> the [[National Gay and Lesbian Task Force]],<ref name="NGLTF">{{cite web|title=Task Force mourns death of Coretta Scott King |publisher=National Gay and Lesbian Task Force |date=January 31, 2006 |url=http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr917_013106 |access-date=September 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011125306/http://www.thetaskforce.org/press/releases/pr917_013106 |archive-date=October 11, 2007 }}</ref> the [[Human Rights Campaign]],<ref name="HRC">{{cite web |title=Coretta Scott King Leaves Behind Legacy of the Everlasting Pursuit of Justice |publisher=Human Rights Campaign |date=January 31, 2006 |url=http://www.hrc.org/issues/1614.htm |access-date=September 10, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014184003/http://www.hrc.org/issues/1614.htm |archive-date=October 14, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> the [[National Black Justice Coalition]],<ref name="NBJC">{{cite web|title=Leader Passes Quietly into the Night: Coretta Scott King Dies at 78 |publisher=[[National Black Justice Coalition]] |date=January 31, 2006 |url=http://www.nbjcoalition.org/news/coretta-scott-king-retires.html |access-date=September 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816154740/http://www.nbjcoalition.org/news/coretta-scott-king-retires.html |archive-date=August 16, 2007 }}</ref> and her alma mater [[Antioch College]].<ref name="Antioch">{{cite web |title='We have lost a great American and a great Antiochian....': Coretta Scott King's death mourned by the Antioch Community |publisher=Antioch College |date=January 31, 2006 |url=http://www.antioch-college.edu/news/releases/index.php?id=114 |access-date=September 10, 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824210958/http://www.antioch-college.edu/news/releases/index.php?id=114 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = August 24, 2007}}</ref>

In 1983 she received the Four Freedoms Award for the Freedom of Worship.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |title=Four Freedoms Awards |publisher=[[Roosevelt Institute]] |access-date=May 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards |archive-date=March 25, 2015 }}</ref> She received the Key of Life award from the NAACP.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39432167/the_los_angeles_times/|title=NAACP Confers Image Awards|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|last1=London|first1=Michael|date=December 6, 1983|page=66|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1987 she received a [[Candace Award]] for Distinguished Service from the [[National Coalition of 100 Black Women]].<ref name="page2">{{cite web |publisher=National Coalition of 100 Black Women |title=Candace Award Recipients 1982–1990, Page 2 |url=http://www.ncbw.org/programs/award2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030314212510/http://www.ncbw.org/programs/award2.html |archive-date=March 14, 2003 }}</ref>

In 1997, Coretta Scott King was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award of the [[American Academy of Achievement]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service|access-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212193048/http://www.achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2004, Coretta Scott King was awarded the prestigious [[Gandhi Peace Prize]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Corry|first1=Breanna|title=Coretta King Wins Gandhi Peace Prize|url=https://prezi.com/u2dx3plfi_xw/coretta-king-wins-gandhi-peace-prize/|access-date=January 28, 2017|publisher=[[Prezi]]|date=March 5, 2014|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202044648/https://prezi.com/u2dx3plfi_xw/coretta-king-wins-gandhi-peace-prize/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=International Gandhi Peace Prize|url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/nobel/gandhi_prize.htm|series=The Complete Site On Mahatma Gandhi|publisher=Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal|access-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520051241/http://www.mkgandhi.org/nobel/gandhi_prize.htm|archive-date=May 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the [[Jewish National Fund]], the organization that works to plant trees in Israel, announced the creation of the Coretta Scott King forest in the Galilee region of Northern Israel, with the purpose of "perpetuating her memory of equality and peace", as well as the work of her husband.<ref name="JNF">{{cite web |url=http://support.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=king |title=Coretta Scott King Forest |publisher=[[Jewish National Fund]]|date=April 8, 1968 |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220163319/http://support.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=king |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> When she learned about this plan, King wrote to Israel's parliament:

<blockquote>On April 3, 1968, the day before he was killed, Martin delivered his last public address. In it he spoke of the visit he and I made to Israel. Moreover, he spoke to us about his vision of the Promised Land, a land of justice and equality, brotherhood and peace. Martin dedicated his life to the goals of peace and unity among all peoples, and perhaps nowhere in the world is there a greater appreciation of the desirability and necessity of peace than in Israel.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}</blockquote>

In 2007, The [[Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy]] (CSKYWLA) was opened in Atlanta, Georgia. At its inception, the school served girls in grade 6 with plans for expansion to grade 12 by 2014. CSKYWLA is a public school in the [[Atlanta Public Schools]] system. Among the staff and students, the acronym for the school's name, CSKYWLA (pronounced "see-skee-WAH-lah"), has been coined as a protologism to which this definition has given – "to be empowered by scholarship, non-violence, and social change." That year was also the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day following her death, and she was also honored.<ref name=Observance>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/16/nation/na-briefs16.1|title=Coretta King also honored on MLK Day|date=January 16, 2007|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304042219/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/16/nation/na-briefs16.1|archive-date=March 4, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[Super Bowl XL]] was dedicated to King and [[Rosa Parks]]. Both were memorialized with a moment of silence during the pregame ceremonies. The children of both Parks and King then helped [[Tom Brady]] with the ceremonial [[coin toss]]. In addition two choirs representing the states of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] (King's home state) and [[Alabama]] (Park's home state) accompanied [[Dr. John]], [[Aretha Franklin]] and [[Aaron Neville]] in the singing of the [[The Star-Spangled Banner|National Anthem]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sanctis |first=Matt |date=February 4, 2006 |title=Locals have reason to cheer. |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/442572137 |archive-url= |access-date=January 21, 2024 |work=News Herald, Port Clinton, OH. |pages=A.1|id={{ProQuest|442572137}} }}</ref>

She was inducted into the [[Alabama Women's Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.awhf.org/inductee.html |title=Inductees |work=Alabama Women's Hall of Fame |publisher=State of Alabama |access-date=February 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015014629/http://www.awhf.org/inductee.html |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> She was inducted into the [[National Women's Hall of Fame]] in 2011.<ref>[https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/coretta-scott-king/ National Women's Hall of Fame, Coretta Scott King] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121204037/https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/coretta-scott-king/ |date=November 21, 2018 }}.</ref>

In January 2023, ''[[The Embrace]]'' was unveiled in [[Boston]];<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cotter |first1=Sean Philip |title='The Embrace' Martin Luther King Jr. Boston memorial causes a stir |url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/01/16/the-embrace-martin-luther-king-jr-boston-memorial-causes-a-stir/ |access-date=21 January 2023 |work=[[Boston Herald]] |date=January 16, 2023}}</ref> this sculpture commemorates [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and Coretta Scott King,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whyte |first=Murray |title=Piece by piece, Boston's monument to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is coming together |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/17/arts/putting-together-pieces-embrace/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=The Boston Globe |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929152431/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/09/17/arts/putting-together-pieces-embrace/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosenberg |first=Eli |title=Why MLK Memorial 'The Embrace,' Destined for Boston, Is Being Built in Wash. |url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/why-mlk-memorial-the-embrace-destined-for-boston-is-being-built-in-wash/2780229/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=NBC Boston |date=July 22, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-11-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221119231625/https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/why-mlk-memorial-the-embrace-destined-for-boston-is-being-built-in-wash/2780229/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and depicts four intertwined arms,<ref>{{cite web |author1=[[Associated Press]] |title=Inspired by Coretta and Martin Luther King, Jr's hug, 'The Embrace' sculpture dedicated in Boston |url=https://thegrio.com/2023/01/13/inspired-by-coretta-and-martin-luther-king-jrs-hug-the-embrace-sculpture-dedicated-in-boston/ |website=[[TheGrio]] |access-date=2023-01-16 |date=13 January 2023 |archive-date=2023-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115234448/https://thegrio.com/2023/01/13/inspired-by-coretta-and-martin-luther-king-jrs-hug-the-embrace-sculpture-dedicated-in-boston/ |url-status=live }}</ref> representing the hug they shared after he was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite news |title='The Embrace' to be unveiled on Boston Common |url=https://whdh.com/news/the-embrace-to-be-unveiled-on-boston-common/ |access-date=13 January 2023 |date=11 January 2023 |website=[[WHDH (TV)]] |archive-date=13 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113010532/https://whdh.com/news/the-embrace-to-be-unveiled-on-boston-common/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Congressional resolutions ===
Upon the news of her death, moments of reflection, remembrance, and mourning began around the world. In the [[United States Senate]], [[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Majority Leader]] [[Bill Frist]] presented Senate Resolution 362 on behalf of all U.S. Senators, with the afternoon hours filled with respectful tributes throughout the U.S. Capitol.{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

On August 31, 2006, following a moment of silence in memoriam of the death of Coretta Scott King, the [[United States House of Representatives]] presented House Resolution 655 in honor of her legacy. In an unusual action, the resolution included a grace period of five days in which further comments could be added to it.<ref>Katz, Jonathan G. "Final Rule: Books and Records Requirements for Brokers and Dealers Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934". ''Final Rule: Books and Records Requirements for Brokers and Dealers Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934''. N.p., October 30, 2001. Web. February 5, 2017.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-resolution/655/all-actions-without-amendments|title=Actions – H.Res.655 – 109th Congress (2005–2006): Honoring the life and accomplishments of Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her contributions as a leader in the struggle for civil rights, and expressing condolences to the King family on her passing.|date=February 1, 2006|publisher=[[Congress.gov]]|access-date=February 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207014930/https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-resolution/655/all-actions-without-amendments|archive-date=February 7, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>