Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was an American author, activist, and civil rights leader and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. from 1953 until his death. As an advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston. They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.

27 April 1927

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1927): Joe Moakley

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Allen Sothoron • Charles Blount (deist) • Chris Carpenter • Igor Oistrakh • Lizzo • Mumtaz Mahal • Otto, King of Bavaria • Vladimir Kozlov • Yoshihiro Togashi

Born in the same month (April 1927): Alan MacDiarmid • Amos Milburn • Anne McLaren • Bo Callaway • Edie Adams • Gerry Mulligan • Harry Gallatin • Jack Douglas (actor) • Joe Moakley • Joe Orlando • Laurel Aitken • Lokesh Chandra • Ollie Mitchell • Rita Gam • Robert Mills (physicist) • Tilly Armstrong