The Wedding of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott

On June 18, 1953 on the lawn of her parents' home in Marion, Alabama, Dr. King and his wife married.  His father, the Reverend King, Sr., performed the wedding ceremony.  Her sister, Mrs. Edythe Bagley, was maid of honor, and his brother, Reverend A.D. King, Martin's brother, was the best man.  They met when they were both living in Boston.  A friend, Mary Powell, introduced them in 1/1952 on the phone.

Coretta said about meeting Martin: "...he was looking for a wife. I wasn't looking for a husband, but he was a wonderful human being...I still resisted his overtures, but after he persisted, I had to pray about it...I had a dream, and in that dream, I was made to feel that I should allow myself to be open and stop fighting the relationship. That's what I did, and of course the rest is history." 

I read Coretta Scott Kings memior when I returned from my first tour in Iraq, and I remember, in My Life with Dr. King by Coretta Scott King, that Martin was hesitant to take Coretta back to Georgia, which is where they lived once they got married and she graduated from College, because he did not know how she was brought up dealing with racism and such.  But without a doubt their union is one of the most amazing love stories that this world has ever seen, and we are lucky that they walked this earth for a time together. 
Sources: US Liberals; http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/martincoretta.htm; http://jackieholness.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/soul-mates-dr-martin-luther-jr-coretta-scott-king/

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I have been in love with weddings all of my life, and I feel that there is limited attention given to famous weddings in the African American community.  So I will begin this blog to bring attention to these unions and hopefully write the book that I have always wanted to write and find an agent.  And how better to start then with the wedding of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and Coretta Scott King on Dr. King day.  More to follow.