May 13, 1982

Photo Caption: Coretta Scott King to Speak at General Convention

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Episcopal News Service

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Coretta Scott King will be one of the speakers at three joint sessions of the Episcopal House of Deputies and the House of Bishops in New Orleans in September. She is founding president and chief executive officer of The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta. The Center continues her late husband's nonviolent program of social, political and economic justice throughout the world. A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, King was a concert singer when she met and married Martin Luther King, Jr. She has received many honors and awards in recognition of her support of humanitarian causes. She will speak to the General Convention on Sept. 8.