# Coretta Scott King goes to the Promised Land

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 31, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335 "2006-01-31T12:43:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/1 "2006-01-31T12:43:05Z")

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In the news right now; she died in California.

RIP. What a life she had.

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**Author:** ![Becky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Becky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/2 "2006-01-31T13:00:11Z")

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If Heaven exists, it’s my bet that there’s an awesome party there right now.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/3 "2006-01-31T13:05:58Z")

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I presume The Family will now trademark her name and copyright all her utterances.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/4 "2006-01-31T13:14:11Z")

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> [@Paul in Saudi](#):
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> I presume The Family will now trademark her name and copyright all her utterances.

The OP will have to pay a few bucks. I’ve been kinda keeping up with what’s been happening in Atlanta and the MLK center. Shameful, to say the least.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/5 "2006-01-31T14:22:28Z")

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She always struck me as incredibly dignified and I’m glad to see that her passing after her recent illness was apparently quick and without discomfort.

I guess we’re of a time where we’ll be losing many of those active in the civil rights movement. I’m sure a great deal of reflecting will occur over that period, what’s been gained, what’s left to accomplish and who up to the task.

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**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coretta-scott-king-goes-to-the-promised-land/342335/6 "2006-01-31T14:54:35Z")

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The first thing that popped into my head is that the children can now sell the MLK to the folks at Dollywood and cash in (a Stone Mountain reference).