Coretta Scott King, 78, Soloist and Ministry of Music, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies

Coretta Scott King, 78, Soloist and Ministry of Music, Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies

Coretta Scott King was a singer who completed a degree in Music Education--a very popular degree path for her generation. Coretta Scott graduated from Lincoln High School, a private Black institution with an integrated faculty, and then followed her older sister Edyth to Antioch College in Ohio, where she received a B.A. in music and elementary education. An accomplished musician and singer, Scott held her concert debut in 1948 in Springfield, Ohio, performing as a soloist with the Second Baptist Church.King inherited a love of music from her mother, and at Lincoln High School she learned to play the trumpet and piano, and sang as a soloist at school recitals

Enrolling in 1951 at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music with a grant from the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation, Scott developed her singing talent and eventually earned a Mus.B. in voice.

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