 Listening Library Presents, Who Was Coretta Scott King by Gail Herman. Read for you by Adenra Leigh Ojo. Who Was Coretta Scott King? It was a cool and drizzly day in early spring 1968. Coretta Scott King stepped off an airplane in Memphis, Tennessee. Days earlier, on April 4th, her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., had been shot and killed downtown in the city. Coretta was now a widow at age 41. She was heartbroken and tired, but determined. Martin was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement to give black Americans the same rights as white people. He had planned to lead a protest march in Memphis. Now he was gone, but the march was still being held. Why? Martin would have wanted it. Coretta knew that, and she knew she had to be there too. She'd always been by his side when he needed her, and he needed her now to carry on. Some friends urged Coretta not to go. They feared her life would be in danger. She didn't listen. At the march, Coretta and three of her children linked arms at the front of the crowd, and they began to walk. The protesters, as many as 42,000 by one estimate, marched for about one mile. People lined the street as they passed. No one cheered or waved or shouted. They were too sad. At City Hall, there were many speeches about Martin. Then came Coretta's turn. She talked about his life as a husband and father. Finally, she said, how many men must die before we can really have a free and true and peaceful society? How long will it take? After her oldest-