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justice and civil rights activist Coretta Scott King is the keynote speaker
at the 1999 WEAC Convention.
King, who is the widow of slain civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., is a strong advocate of equal education opportunities. In a speech last year at the annual conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, she said, "Let us together insist that every child in America be enrolled in a good school that has all of the resources needed to teach them to love learning."
Coretta Scott King is the founder of The King Center, which was established in 1968 as a living memorial dedicated to preserving the legacy of her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and promoting the elimination of poverty, racism and war through research, education and training in Kingian nonviolence.