Coretta Scott King

===John F. Kennedy phone call===
Martin Luther King Jr. was jailed on October 19, 1960, in a department store. After being released three days later, he was sent back to jail on October 22 for driving with an Alabama license while being a resident of Georgia and was sent to jail for four months of hard labor. After his arrest, Mrs. King believed he would not make it out alive and telephoned her friend [[Harris Wofford]] and cried while saying "They're going to kill him. I know they are going to kill him." Directly after speaking with her, Wofford contacted [[Sargent Shriver]] in Chicago, where presidential candidate John F. Kennedy, was campaigning at the time and told Shriver of King's fears for her husband. After Shriver waited to be with Kennedy alone, he suggested that he telephone King and express sympathy.<ref>O'Brien, p. 485.</ref> Kennedy called King, after agreeing to the proposal.<ref name=":0" />

Sometime afterward, [[Robert F. Kennedy]] obtained King's release from prison. Martin Sr. was so grateful for the release that he voted for Kennedy and said: "I'll take a Catholic or the devil himself if he'll wipe the tears from my daughter-in-law's eyes."<ref>Goduti, p. 39.</ref> According to Coretta, Kennedy said "I want to express my concern about your husband. I know this must be very hard on you. I understand you are expecting a baby, and I just want you to know that I was thinking about you and Dr. King. If there is anything I can do to help, please feel free to call on me." Kennedy's contact with King was learned about quickly by reporters, with Coretta admitting that it "made me feel good that he called me personally and let me know how he felt."<ref>Matthews, p. 171.</ref>