Coretta King, the widow of the great Dr. Martin Luther King, passed away on January 31 at age 78.

After the assassination of her husband, Coretta took on a leading role in the civil rights movement and dedicated the rest of her life to the cause. Her four children have also taken up leading roles in the civil rights movement. La Shawn Barber has …

Martin Luther King’s legacy has taken on mythic status. Both Democrats and Republicans claim him as their own, trying to “out-King” each other every year on his birthday.
Then there are the detractors who insist that King’s l…