The Coretta Scott King Rose Gallery
A Legacy of Leadership
Chronicling Our History and Impact


A Legacy of Leadership
Chronicling Our History and Impact
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c. 1940's
Young Coretta Scott

1935 - 1942
Growing up in the Deep South

1942
Learning a Posture of Faith and Forgiveness

c. 1944
Coretta Scott's Introduction to Nonviolence

c. 1945 - 1948
A Burgeoning Activist

November 9, 1948
Coretta Performs Her First Public Concert

c. 1948 - 1951
Peace and Social Justice Activism

1952 - 1954
The Courtship and Marriage of Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr.

1955 - 1956
Mrs. King on preparing to start the Montgomery Bus Boycott

1955
Mrs. King Organizes A Recording of Dr. King's First Civil Rights Speech

January 30, 1956
The King Family Home is Bombed

February 3, 1959 - March 18, 1959
Dr. And Mrs. King's Trip To India

November 15, 1964
Mrs. King Formally Merges Activism and the Arts

December 10, 1964
Dr. King Receives The Nobel Peace Prize

1962 - 1965
Mrs. King Speaks Widely For Peace, Justice, and Nonviolent Social Change

1965 - 1966
Mrs. King as a Working Wife and Mother

1967
Mrs. King Promotes the Preservation of the King Family Home

1967
Mrs. King Begins to Collect, Arrange, and Preserve Dr. King's Papers

April 4, 1968
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 1968
The First Push for a Federal Holiday

April 8, 1968
Mrs. King Leads The Memphis Sanitation Worker's Strike March

April 9, 1968
Funeral Services for Martin Luther King, Jr.

April 27, 1968
Mrs. King Addresses the "Peace-In-Vietnam" Rally

May-June 1968
Mrs. King Advances the Poor People's Campaign

June 12, 1968
Mrs. King Speaks at Harvard's Class Day

June 19, 1968
Mrs. King Addresses the “Solidarity Day” Rally

June 26, 1968
Mrs. King Establishes The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center

1968
Mrs. King Launches the King Memorial Library

January 24, 1969
Mrs. King is Welcomed by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

1969 - 1970
Mrs. King Publishes Her Autobiography and Embarks on a Global Book Tour

March 24, 1970
Mrs. King Authorizes the First Major Documentary Film about Her Husband's Life and Work

December 1970
Mrs. King Supports the National Farm Workers Association

1971
The King Center Hosts the First Institute on Nonviolence

March 1, 1972
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center is Renamed

1974
Mrs. King Co-Chairs the National Committee for Full Employment and the Full Employment Action Council

1974 - 1975
Dedication of Dr. King's Birth Home

1975 - 1977
Building the Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center

1977
The King Center Continues to Promote Dr. King's Papers

1977
Mrs. King is Appointed as a Public Delegate to the United Nations

1978
A Second Name Change and the Capital Development Campaign

1978
Groundbreaking for the Freedom Hall Complex

1979
Renewed Efforts Towards a National Holiday

October 1980
Designation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and Preservation District

August 1, 1981
The King Center Moves to 449 Auburn Avenue

October 1981
The King Library And Archives is Officially Opened to Researchers

August 1983
20th Anniversary of the March on Washington

November 2, 1983
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday is Realized

1985
Scholarship on King

January 20, 1986
The First Federal Holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.

1988
The King Center Becomes a Nongovernmental Member of the United Nations

April 9, 1989
The King Center Conducts Nonviolence Training in South Africa

June 1990
Nelson Mandela Visits Atlanta and The King Center

1991
The King Center awards the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize to Mikhail Gorbachev

July-August 1992
King Center Provides Nonviolent Training following the Rodney King Trial

June 11, 1994
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan Visit The King Center

August 23, 1994
Signing the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday and Service Act

December 1994
Mrs. King Steps Down as President and CEO of The King Center

September 1, 1995
His Holiness the Dalai Llama Visits The King Center with Mrs. King

July 1996
Mrs. King Carries the Olympic Torch

2003
Soviet Reformer and President Mikhail Gorbachev visits The King Center

August 23, 2003
Mrs. King Attends Ceremony Honoring "I Have a Dream Speech"

2006
Mrs. Coretta Scott King Transitions

2006 - Current
Mrs. King's Legacy Continues

Dear, Coretta Scott: Artist, Activist, Educator, Woman of Faith
1927 - 1954

Mrs. King Lifts Her Voice: A Nonviolent Response to Injustice
1955 - 1967

Mrs. King Leads: Leadership After Loss
1968

Architect of the King Legacy: A Living Memorial to Nonviolence
1968 - 1979

The Global Impact: Ambassador for Nonviolent Social Change
1980 - Present

The Global Impact: Ambassador for Nonviolent Social Change
1980 - Present