CNN/AP: Coretta Scott King honored at Georgia's Capitol

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Coretta Scott King honored at Georgia's Capitol
Saturday, February 4, 2006


ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- A horse-drawn carriage on Saturday carried the body of Coretta Scott King toward Georgia's state Capitol, where she was to be the first woman and first black person to lie in honor.

About 70 people stood at one downtown street corner in cold, windy weather waiting for the carriage to pass....

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Saturday's tribute was just one of several her husband, the famed civil rights leader, never received in a climate of segregation.

"This is not just a salute to Mrs. King. It's a tribute to her and her husband, and to all they stood for and did," said U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

Gov. Sonny Perdue planned to escort the casket into the Capitol alongside King's four children. That would be a striking contrast to the 1968 death of Martin Luther King Jr., when then-Gov. Lester Maddox was outraged to see state flags, then dominated by the Confederate Cross, flying at half-staff in tribute to a black man and refused to authorize a public tribute....


http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/04/coretta.sat.ap/index.html