Frases de Coretta King

Coretta Scott King , foi uma escritora e ativista dos direitos iguais dos negros e das mulheres nos Estados Unidos da América e em todo o mundo.Viúva do ativista Martin Luther King Jr, Coretta fundou em 1968 o Centro King, entidade para auxiliar a promover a igualdade racial.

Desempenhou um papel proeminente nos anos após o assassinato de seu marido em 1968, quando assumiu a liderança da luta pela igualdade racial e tornou-se ativa no Movimento das Mulheres e no movimento de direitos LGBT. King fundou o King Center e procurou fazer do aniversário dele um feriado nacional. King finalmente conseguiu quando Ronald Reagan assinou a legislação que estabeleceu Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Mais tarde, ela ampliou seu escopo para incluir tanto a oposição ao apartheid como a defesa dos direitos LGBT. King se tornou amiga de muitos políticos antes e depois da morte de Martin Luther King, principalmente John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson e Robert F. Kennedy. O telefonema de John F. Kennedy para ela durante a eleição de 1960 foi o que ela gostava de acreditar que estava por trás de sua vitória.

Em agosto de 2005, King sofreu um derrame e a deixou paralisada em seu lado direito e incapaz de falar. Cinco meses mais tarde, ela morreu de insuficiência respiratória devido a complicações de câncer de ovário. O funeral de King foi assistido por quatro dos cinco presidentes vivos dos EUA e por mais de 10 mil pessoas. Ela foi temporariamente enterrada nos terrenos do King Center, até ser enterrada ao lado de seu marido. King foi homenageada por seu ativismo na promoção dos direitos humanos. King foi introduzida no salão da fama das mulheres de Alabama em 2009.

Em seu funeral, no dia 7 de fevereiro de 2006, além do ex-presidente norte-americano George Walker Bush estiveram presentes outros três ex-presidentes. Acredita-se que mais de 42 mil pessoas passaram pelo seu funeral. Encontra-se sepultada ao lado do marido no Centro Martin Luther King Jr., Atlanta, Condado de Fulton, Geórgia nos Estados Unidos. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. Abril 1927 – 30. Janeiro 2006
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Coretta King: Frases em inglês

“I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience.”

Press Conference on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994, Washington D.C. (23 June 1994)
Contexto: I support the Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 1994 because I believe that freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. My husband, Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." On another occasion he said, "I have worked too long and hard against segregated public accommodations to end up segregating my moral concern. Justice is indivisible." Like Martin, I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.
So I see this bill as a step forward for freedom and human rights in our country and a logical extension of the Bill of Rights and the civil rights reforms of the 1950s and '60's.
The great promise of American democracy is that no group of people will be forced to suffer discrimination and injustice. I believe that this legislation will provide protection to a large group of working people, who have suffered persecution and discrimination for many years. To this endeavor, I pledge my wholehearted support.

“We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination.”

" Creating Change" conference of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force http://americablog.com/2012/01/remember-the-words-of-coretta-scott-king-speaking-of-gay-civil-rights.html, Atlanta, Georgia (9 November 2000)
Contexto: We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.

“You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.”

Fonte: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Contexto: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

“Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation.”

Fonte: My Life with Martin Luther King Jr., Revised Edition (1969/1993), p. xiii
Contexto: !-- We also need to remember that the struggle is a never ending process. --> Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.

“Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.”

As quoted in Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World‎ (2006) by Leo Parvis, p. 54

“We must all begin to question the experts. They have not really been right. No abundance of material goods can compensate for the death of individuality and personal creativity.”

Harvard class day address (1968); published in the July 1, 1968, issue of Harvard Alumni Bulletin http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/05/coretta-scott-king-urges-students-to-speak-out-with-righteous-indignation
As quoted in International Education Vol. 1, p. 26

“Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.”

As quoted in The Last Word : A Treasury of Women's Quotes (1992), by Carolyn Warner, p. 99

“I'm more determined than ever that my husband's dream will become a reality.”

Statement soon after her husband's slaying in April 1968, as quoted in CNN obituary (January 31, 2006) http://www2.cnn.com/2006/US/01/31/king.obit.ap/

“Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.”

As quoted in Daughters of the Promised Land, Women in American History (1970) by Page Smith, p. 273