Trivia

She has Native American ancestry.

Is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated

In 1969 Mrs. King founded the multi million dollar Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.

Coretta Scott King was suffering from advanced ovarian cancer at the time of her death.

Children: Yolanda Denise AKA Yolanda King (1955-2007), Martin Luther King III, (b.1957), Dexter King (1961-2024), Bernice King, (b.1963).

After her husband's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968 she kept his dream alive while also raising their four children.

Daughter-in-law of Martin Luther King Sr..

In 2017, Jefferson "Jeff" Sessions III became the Attorney General of the United States of America. Over 30 years earlier, Coretta Scott King personally wrote a letter to the Senate expressing why she believes Jeff Sessions should have never become a federal judge due to her experiences with him during the Civil Rights Era in Alabama.

Sister-in-law of Christine King Farris.

Recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor by the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation in 1986.

Has a sister, Edythe Scott Begley, and a brother Obie Leonard Scott.

Portrayed by Carmen Ejogo (twice), Carra Patterson, Sharon Lewis, Weruche Opia, and Angela Bassett.