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Source: NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"

Roundup

1-31-06

The Legacy of Coretta Scott King [15min]

Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights pioneer the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., has died. Ed Gordon remembers the civil rights activist with his guests: Dick Gregory, an author and activist; Mary Frances Berry, professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania; and former Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young.

Read entire article at NPR "News & Notes with Ed Gordon"