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Article: MAYOR NEWSOM ISSUES STATEMENT ON PASSING OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER CORETTA SCOTT KING
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 31, 2006
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The office of the San Francisco Mayor issued the following statement:
Mayor Gavin Newsom offered the following statement on the passing of Coretta Scott King:
"Coretta Scott King will not only be remembered as a wife and formidable partner to the late great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but she was in her own right one of the most influential women in our country's history. With her quiet resolve, and ever-present position along side Dr. King, Coretta Scott King helped changed the ideology of a society to embrace racial diversity and equality. She additionally gave a voice to the women and mothers ...