Coretta Scott King Dead

[BlackSnake]

ATLANTA -- Civil rights icon Coretta Scott King is dead.

A source close to the King family confirms to Channel 2 Action News that King passed away in California last night.

She was 78 years old.

Flags at the King Center have been lowered to half-staff in memory of the widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Former Atlanta mayor Andrew Young says one of Mrs. King's daughters tried to wake her mother and found she had passed away.

"She will go down as a great leader in her own right," said Georgia State Senator Tyronne Brooks.

"We shouldn't be sad, she's gone on to heaven now. She's gone on to be with Martin," added Brooks, a longtime family friend.

Reverend Joseph Lowery told Channel 2 Action News that he had just visited Mrs. King at her Atlanta home.

"She couldn't speak, but we prayed with her and smiled with her," said Lowery.

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[BlackSnake]

Will anyone else stand up to remind us that we are all equal in the eyes of God?

 

[matriarch]

Will anyone else stand up to remind us that we are all equal in the eyes of God?

Someone always will, and shock our smugness into true sight.

May she rest in well deserved peace.

 

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[English Lady]

God Bless

 

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God Speed dear lady

 

[BlackShanglan]

Thanks very much for posting this. Can't believe I didn't see it on CNN.