Corretta Scott King Biography
Uploaded by aimeeseas on Mar 23, 2007
I am about to present to you an auto biography in short of a woman who's life's work has contributed greatly and changed our nation into what it is today, not only for African Americans but Americans as a whole.
Born Corretta Scott, in Heilberger Alabama, this woman would become an international icon for black American's justice and civil rights, spreading her message of nonviolence and the dream of the 'beloved community'. She was born in April of 1927, the third of four children to parents Obadiah and Bernice Scott. Her parents contributed greatly to her wonderful disposition and untamed ambition, since they had a strong sense of family, character, music, leadership and entrepreneurship.
Her father 'Obi' had an outstanding sense of work ethic and was a great businessman, which put him in competition with the white man. Chicken farming and hauling lumber were his businesses, and he was the first black man in the U.S. to own a truck and sawmill. In 1946 he opened his own grocery store. These accomplishments made Corretta's family a major part of the foundation for black and white equality. These accomplishments did not come easy though; Obi was often threatened by white men.
Corretta's mother set the precedence for a good upbringing by teaching her children the values of honesty, compassion, perseverance and the importance of keeping focus both mentally and spiritually.
While Corretta was attending school, even as a young child, she noticed the inequalities between blacks and whites. The black children would four miles to school everyday, while the white children rode to their much nicer school. It may have been at this point in time when Corretta decided to dedicate herself a good education so she could successfully contribute to the change of these unfair conditions. Even as she entered high school whites were still being bussed to school and blacks weren't. In her Junior year the county finally allotted some funds for the black students. Corretta's parents converted an old truck into a bus which they drove the students back in forth to school a total of forty miles each day. Even though her parents didn't receive an adequate education they made it a point to see that their children received the best education possible. And so Corretta moved on to College.
After graduating college Corretta moved to Boston...