C
oretta Scott King, owaswelekayo
ngoJanuwari 30, 2006 eneminyaka engama-78 ubudala, waba litshantliziyo elizinikeleyo kwaye
umntu okhaliphileyo nonemibono.
UCoretta Scott wazalelwa eHeiberger, Alabama. Wabhengezwa ngo
iminyaka yobutsha kwintswela-bulungisa yobomi kuluntu olwahlukileyo.
Wayehamba iimayile ezintlanu ngosuku esiya kwisikolo esinegumbi elinye iCrossroad School
e Marion, Alabama ngelixa abafundi abamhlophe bekhwele iibhasi ukuya kwindawo emhlophe
isikolo sikufutshane. UCoretta wagqwesa kwizifundo zakhe, ngakumbi
umculo, kwaye wayeyivaledictorian yeklasi yakhe yokuphumelela eLincoln
Isikolo esiphakamileyo.
Waphumelela ngowe-1945 waza wafumana imali yokufunda kwiKholeji yakwa-Antiyokwe.
Njengomntu othweswe isidanga, wajoyina isahluko sakwa-Antiyokwe se-NAACP
kunye neekomiti zekholeji zoBudlelwane boMdyarho kunye neNkululeko yoluntu.
Waphumelela e-Antiyokwe wafumana iBA kumculo nemfundo kunye
uphumelele ibhasari yokufunda ikhonsathi yokucula kwiNew England Conservatory
yoMculo eBoston, Massachusetts apho wadibana khona nomfundi wezakwalizwi,
UMartin Luther King, Omnci. Batshata ngoJuni 18, 1953. Coretta
UScott King wagqiba isidanga sakhe kwilizwi kunye ne-violin eNew England
I-Conservatory kunye nesibini safudukela eMontgomery, Alabama apho uMartin
ULuther King, Omnci. wavuma ukumiselwa njengomfundisi weDexter
Icawa yaseAvenue Baptist.
Baye babanjwa ngokukhawuleza kwiziganeko ezimangalisayo ezabangela ukuba
intshukumo yanamhlanje yamalungelo oluntu. Ukukwaywa kweebhasi zaseMontgomery kutsalile
ingqalelo yehlabathi ekuqhubekekeni kokungabikho kokusesikweni kocalucalulo
eUnited States yaza yakhokelela kwizigqibo zenkundla ezibetha bonke
Imithetho yasekuhlaleni eyahlula ugqatso kwiindlela zoluntu.
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nangona iimfuno zokukhulisa usapho zazinazo
yabangela ukuba uCoretta ayeke ukucula, wakhulelwa waza wenza
uthotho lweeKhonsathi zeNkululeko ezibalelwa ngokugxekayo, ezidibanisa imibongo,
ukubalisa, nomculo wokubalisa ibali lentshukumo yamalungelo oluntu.
Kwiminyaka embalwa ezayo, uCoretta Scott King wenza iiKhonsathi zeNkululeko
kwiindawo ezininzi zekonsathi, njengabaqokeleli-mali kumbutho wakhe
umyeni waseka, iNkomfa yobuNkokheli bamaKrestu yaseMzantsi.
Ngo-1957 iiKumkani zaya eAfrika ukuya kubhiyozela inkululeko
eGhana. Ngo-1959, benza uhambo oluya eIndiya ukuze bawongamele
inkumbulo kaMahatma Gandhi ifilosofi yakhe yokungabi nabundlobongela yayiphefumlelwe
kubo.
Ngeminyaka yoo-1960 uCoretta King wayekwimfuno ekhulayo njengesithethi sikawonke-wonke.
Waba ngumfazi wokuqala ukuhambisa idilesi yoSuku lweKlasi eHarvard
nebhinqa lokuqala ukushumayela kwinkonzo esemthethweni eSt
Cathedral eLondon. Usebenze njengoQhankqalazo lwabaseTyhini loXolo
abathunywa kwiNkomfa yamazwe ali-17 yokuChithwa kwezixhobo eGeneva, eSwitzerland
ngowe-1962 waza waba likhonkco kuxolo nobulungisa bezizwe ngezizwe
mibutho.
Emva kokubulawa kukaMartin Luther King ngoAprili 4, 1968,
UCoretta King wagxila ekwakheni uMartin Luther King, Omnci.
Iziko loTshintsho lweNtlalo olungenabuNdlobongela. Ngowe-1969 wapapasha eyokuqala
Umthamo wembali yakhe,
Ubomi bam noMartin Luther King,
Jr
. Ngo-1974 uye waseka iBhunga lokuSebenza ngokuPheleleyo, a
imbumba ebanzi engaphezu kwe-100 yenkolo, yabasebenzi, yezoshishino, yasekuhlaleni, kunye
imibutho yamalungelo abasetyhini ezinikele kumgaqo-nkqubo wesizwe
yengqesho epheleleyo kunye namathuba alinganayo kwezoqoqosho.
Ngo-1981 i-King Centre, iziko lokuqala elakhiwe kwinkumbulo
inkokeli yase-Afrika yaseMelika, evulelwe uluntu. Iziko lizindlu
eyona ngqokelela inkulu yamaxwebhu ukususela kwixesha lamalungelo oluntu kunye
uqeqeshe amashumi amawaka abafundi, ootitshala, iinkokeli zabahlali,
kunye nabalawuli kwifilosofi kunye nesicwangciso sokungabikho kobundlobongela.
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u-oretta uKumkani waqhubeka ekhonza injongo
yobulungisa namalungelo oluntu. Ngowe-1983 wagqiba iminyaka engama-20
yembali kaMatshi eWashington ngokukhokela indibano yabaninzi
ngaphezu kwe-800 yemibutho yamalungelo oluntu, iCoalition of Conscience,
kowona mboniso mkhulu wabonwa sisixeko esilikomkhulu ukuza kuthi ga apho
ixesha.
UCoretta ukhokele iphulo eliyimpumelelo lokuseka uGqr King
usuku lokuzalwa njengeholide yesizwe eUnited States. Ngowe-1985 uCoretta
UKumkani kunye nabantwana bakhe abathathu babanjwa eMzantsi Afrika
Uzakuzaku eWashington, DC ngoqhanqalazo ngokuchasene nelo lizwe
inkqubo yocalucalulo yocalucalulo ngokobuhlanga nokungavunyelwa. Shumi
kwiminyaka kamva, wema noNelson Mandela eRhawutini xa
wafungiswa njengomongameli woMzantsi Afrika.
Emva kweminyaka engama-27 ephethe iKing Centre, wajika ubunkokeli
weZiko kunyana wakhe, uDexter Scott King, ngo-1995. Wahlala
esebenzayo kunobangela wobulungisa bobuhlanga noqoqosho kunye nokushiyeka kwakhe
iminyaka uchithe amandla akhe amaninzi ekufundiseni ngoGawulayo kunye nokunqanda umpu
ubundlobongela. Uhlala engumntu okhuthazayo kumadoda kunye nabasetyhini ngeenxa zonke
Umhlaba.