[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E18]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TRIBUTE TO CORETTA SCOTT KING

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 31, 2006

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sorrow that I rise to 
remember the late Coretta Scott King. Our nation has lost one of its 
great leaders, but her memory will live on forever. Her legacy will 
live on so that future generations will continue to know and fight for 
the compassion and equality that she treasured so dearly.
  With the passing of Coretta Scott King, our country has lost a 
leader; a leader who dedicated her life to doing what was right and 
what was just. In order to carry out her legacy--and that of her 
husband, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.--we must each individually dedicate 
ourselves to the causes they so passionately believed in.
  Equality, justice, and opportunity drive the human spirit forward, 
and by working on behalf of these principles, Coretta Scott King 
advanced the causes of mankind. My heart, thoughts and prayers go out 
to her friends and family. Our nation will miss her greatly.
  As we reflect on Coretta Scott King's legacy, we are reminded of the 
challenges that democracy poses to us and the delicate nature of 
liberty. Her life reminds us that we must continually fight to secure 
and protect our freedoms. In her courage to act, her willingness to 
meet challenges, and her ability to achieve, she embodied all that is 
good and true in the battle for liberty.
  After she married Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and as a young pastor 
he began his civil rights work in Montgomery, Alabama, Mrs. King worked 
closely with him. She organized marches and sit-ins at segregated 
restaurants while balancing an equally daunting task: raising their 
four children. She held the family together as it endured the tragic 
events surrounding Dr. King. Even after her family home was bombed in 
Montgomery, she persevered--at a time when most would have given up. 
Those children, Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and 
Bernice Albertine are as much a part of her legacy as her dynamic civil 
rights work.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my other distinguished colleagues 
rise in honor of the legacy and life of Coretta Scott King. Her 
determination and dedication has made our world a better place to live, 
and I am proud to honor her legacy.

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