At a five-hour funeral service for Coretta Scott King, presidents past and present lauded the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., for continuing her husband's legacy after the civil rights icon ...

Reports from Haiti of brave, determined and hopeful people in half-mile-long lines who walked hours to cast their ballots by candlelight – some even stampeded trying to get into polling stations – ...

~ The service at times turned political with anti-war comments. LITHONIA, Ga. -- When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, President Lyndon Johnson didn't attend his funeral, choosing ...

Funeral services are held Tuesday for the first lady of the civil rights movement, Coretta Scott King. The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. died last week at the age of 78. President Bush and a long ...

LITHONIA, Ga. – Ten thousand mourners – including four American presidents, numerous members of Congress and many gray-haired veterans of the civil rights movement – said goodbye to Coretta Scott King ...

The funeral of Coretta Scott King last week in Lithonia, Ga., brought together two of The Scrapbook’s favo-rite statesmen, Sen. Edward Kennedy and former President Jimmy Carter, on the same podium for ...

Coretta Scott King, the civil rights icon who died last week at age 78, was eulogized today by a stream of dignitaries including four U.S. presidents, who hailed her courage and quiet dignity as she ...

As the longtime chairman of the King Center, he worked closely — and clashed at times — with his siblings over control of their father’s legacy. By Clay Risen How John Lewis and Coretta Scott King ...

Long before she became the wife of an Atlanta gospel minister who changed a nation by teaching tolerance and social activism through nonviolent means, Coretta Scott King was a gifted woman in her own ...

LITHONIA, Ga. - Four U.S. presidents joined more than 10,000 mourners Tuesday in saying goodbye to Coretta Scott King, praised by President Bush as "one of the most admired Americans of our time." ...

LITHONIA, Ga. — Ten thousand mourners — including four U.S. presidents, numerous members of Congress and many gray-haired veterans of the civil rights movement — said goodbye to Coretta Scott King on ...