02.20.06
Coretta Scott King - About the rights of lesbian and gay people
“I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice,” she said.
“But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’” “I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people,”
-Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King has also been a major force in the fight for equality faced by gay and lesbian Americans. Admist some criticism from the generally socially conservative black community, she has stood strong for what she believed and what her husband believed; that justice is indivisable.