Word: coretta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Black leaders were pleased by McHenry's appointment. Said Coretta King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.: "I feel he will be a tremendous asset to our nation. He will continue in the same spirit as Andy in terms of trying to win friends for America." The Rev. Joseph Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was equally enthusiastic. "There may be a change in style from Andy. McHenry won't be as informal, but there won't be a change in the battle for world peace." While more restrained, Jewish leaders also expressed satisfaction...
...CORETTA SCOTT KING, civil rights activist: In terms of impacting the crucial foreign policy issues we face, I believe Andrew Young deserves special recognition. For the first time in American history, the people of the developing nations have a highly committed spokesman to represent their interests to the President and the American people...
People have talked about making January 15th a national holiday for nearly a decade now, but regrettably the discussion has continued even longer in his home state of Georgia. His widow, Coretta Scott King, in 1971 asked a Georgia governor to declare her husband's birthday a state holiday. Governor Jimmy Carter refused, saying the Federal Government should take the lead. President Jimmy Carter, who has held the nation's highest office for almost two years, yesterday received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize from Mrs. King. Seventeen year veteran Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), told...
...criticized and interrogated Carter. "We're deeply disturbed by what we've heard," said Joseph Lowery of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. "We don't feel the poor and the minorities ought to bear the burden," said Mayor Richard Hatcher of Gary, Ind. At one point Coretta Scott King, who campaigned extensively for Carter in 1976, said: "I've just been sitting here. I haven't said anything because I'm so deeply troubled...
...good year for incumbents. Senators Percy, Hathaway, Haskell, and Clark are all running for their liberal lives. Ed Brooke is running too. Up the stairs in the Hampshire House Restaurant in Boston to a fundraiser. Gloria Steinem and Coretta King are there, lauding the role Brooke has played in the struggle for women's rights. It is a partisan crowd and Brooke looks pleased. He has trouble moving through the crowd to get to the door. There is nothing but praise...