Coretta Scott King wasn't just MLK Jr.'s wife ... which raised thousands of dollars for the Southern Christian Leadership ...

In this April 21, 1988, file photo, Coretta Scott King, widow of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

Montgomery, Alabama, the final site of a crucial march from Selma, is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an event that ...

Martin Luther King Jr. welcomed four children with wife Coretta Scott King before his death in 1968 Stephanie Kaloi is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

Visitors and locals pass “The Embrace” memorial on Boston Common every day where a loving hug between Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King is solidified in bronze.