Coretta Scott King has passed away, age 78... may she rest in peace

[HamdenRice]

As one post in LBN put it, a generation of heroes is passing while tyrants seem to proliferate.

[wildeyed]

1. I saw that post, too.

I hope it really is the darkest just before the dawn and a new generation of heroes is just waiting to burst forth. Or maybe we *are* the new generation of heroes. We certainly have the role models.

What a loss :cry:. This is officially a really bad week.

[kitkatrose]

2. Well, damn.

:cry:

[Brewman_Jax]

3. I just heard

:(

[alarcojon]

4. RIP Ms. King

[undergroundrailroad]

5. To a great icon, Coretta Scott King. Rest in peace.

Coretta Scott King

[undergroundrailroad]

6. Moneta J. Sleet's Pulitzer Prize photo of Mrs. King at Dr. King's funeral.

[msgadget]

7. Thank you,

Underground. Mrs. King was the epitamy of grace under pressure. May she rest in peace.