Coretta Scott

Coretta Scott is a young girl growing up in Alabama who dreams of freedom and equality. She grows up to marry Martin Luther King Jr., and together they become symbols of the civil rights movement. Despite facing numerous challenges, Coretta never gives up her fight for justice. Multiple starred reviews greeted this amazing collaboration between Ntozake Shange and Kadir Nelson. Walking many miles to school in the dusty road, young Coretta knew, too well, the unfairness of life in the segregated south. A yearning for equality began to grow. Together with Martin Luther King, Jr., she gave birth to a vision and a journey—with dreams of freedom for all. This extraordinary union of poetic text by Ntozake Shange and monumental artwork by Kadir Nelson captures the movement for civil rights in the United States and honors its most elegant inspiration, Coretta Scott.