Boston Honors Coretta Scott King With New Plaque
Several members of the Boston community came together on Monday, April 27, to honor the legacy of Coretta Scott King on what would have been her 99th birthday. The plaque…
ATLANTA – JANUARY 19: Flanked by her children Martin Luther King III (R) and Rev. Bernice Albertine King (L), Coretta Scott King speaks during the 36th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church January 19, 2004 in Atlanta, Georgia. The service was held in honor of what would have been King’s 75th birthday. (Photo by Erik S. Lesser/Getty Images)
Several members of the Boston community came together on Monday, April 27, to honor the legacy of Coretta Scott King on what would have been her 99th birthday.
The plaque was unveiled at a building at Boston's 558 Massachusetts Ave. This structure serves as the League of Women for Community Service's headquarters and is where King lived in the 1950s while she studied at the New England Conservatory.
King was the wife of the famed civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Like her husband, she made numerous contributions to the fight for social justice and human rights during her lifetime. She died in 2006.
League President Kalimah Redd Knight told NewsCenter 5 WCVB that the League is one of the nation's oldest Black women–led service organizations with roots stretching back more than a century.
“Every single person that went through those doors understood that they were somebody,” said the Rev. Jeffrey Brown, the co-founder of Embrace Boston, in a statement shared with WCVB.
City leaders including Kalimah Redd Knight and state Sen. Liz Miranda stressed the importance of honoring Coretta Scott King's legacy and the ongoing work to preserve the League of Women for Community Service building.
Crews are currently working on renovations to the League building, focusing first on the structure's exterior. Organizers say they've raised approximately $2 million toward the $7 million needed for this restoration effort.
Members of the public can donate on the League of Women for Community Service's website.
