Women’s History Month: Coretta Scott King
In honor of Women’s History Month 2011, I’ve selected one woman to profile every day from March 1st - March 31st, 2011.
Coretta Scott King: Author, activist, civil rights leader, badass. I mean, seriously, how is Coretta Scott King not worthy of the “badass” label?
Q: You’ve been outspoken in your support of gay rights and you get criticism for that. Why is it important to you to speak on that issue? Would it have been important to Dr. King?
A: I don’t see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is. They have the same rights as I, and those of us who are privileged need to support (them) because it elevates everybody.
I think about what my husband often said when they criticized him about the Vietnam War and they said, ‘You need to stick to Civil Rights.’ He always felt that peace and justice are indivisible. He said, ‘I’ve struggled too long against segregated public accommodations to now end up segregating my moral concerns.’ You can’t say you support the rights of all people, then just choose the ones that you don’t support. That’s the way I feel: We’re all God’s children. — HuffPo interview
Links: Wikipedia page
Biography from The King Center
Academy of Achievement profile
Address By Coretta Scott King: Circles Of Hope Dinner-Metropolitan Community Foundation
Coretta Scott King book award
Coretta Scott King book award winners (Powells.com listings)
The National Organization for Marriage Abuses Martin Luther King Jr.’s Image (though this is mainly about MLK, I still think it’s an appropriate piece given how much insight Coretta Scott King gave)
Q&A with the late Coretta Scott King (one of King’s final interviews)
Coretta Scott King on Life Magazine (has several galleries of Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War photos)
Coretta Scott King gives her support to gay marriage
Coretta Scott King on the ties between racism and homophobia
Coretta Scott King on Gay Rights
MLK’s anti-gay niece smears Coretta Scott King for ‘not having his DNA’
Those Who Lived the Struggle to End Segregation Now Speak Out for Same-Gender Marriage Equality
Coretta Scott King Honored as Civil Rights Champion (NPR obit/in memoriam)
Farewell to Two Feminists
In Memoriam: Coretta Scott King (NOW)
A tribute to Coretta Scott King: 1927–2006 (Feminist Africa)
