Although she is best known for being the wife of famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King ...
The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first observance of the federal holiday.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the UCLA women’s basketball team will take the court for a momentous occasion in the first-ever Coretta Scott King Classic. The classic will feature two games ...