Octavia and the Rev. C.T. Vivian became a go-to duo for the civil rights movement when they married 58 years ago. She was committed to the same social causes as her husband, a freedom fighter who ...

According to a release from the C.T. and Octavia Vivian Museum and Archives, the funeral is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET at the Providence Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Because of the coronavirus outbreak, the service will be private and open only to family, according to a news release from the C.T. and Octavia Vivian Museum and Archives. It is scheduled for 11 a ...

Octavia Vivian wrote “Coretta,” a biography of King’s wife, which was originally published in 1970 and was revised with additional material in 2006 after Coretta Scott King’s death.