Coretta Scott King Signed First Day of Issue

FDC with a cachet honoring Martin Luther King, signed on the front in blue ballpoint by Coretta Scott King. In very fine condition.

Coretta Scott King; April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was an American author, activist, civil rights leader, and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. An active advocate for African-American equality, she was a leader for the civil rights movement in the 1960s. King was also a singer who often incorporated music into her civil rights work. King met her husband while attending graduate school in Boston. They both became increasingly active in the American civil rights movement.