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A Civil Rights Champion Dies

Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., died on January 31, 2006. She was 78 years old.

After her husband was assassinated in 1968, King dedicated her life to pursuing his dream of ending racism and poverty in America. Shortly after he died, she created the King Center, in Atlanta, Georgia, to teach her husband's vision of peace and justice for everyone. King also led the effort to establish a national holiday in her husband's name.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson, one of the last people to see Martin Luther King Jr. alive, said this of King: "Like all great champions, she learned to function with pain and keep serving. She kept marching. She did not flinch."

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