Came across an interesting quote in the wake of the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington this week.
Here is how Dr. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, described her first encounter with the man who would go on to lead the civil rights movement:
“I saw this green car coming up the street and this short man. He leaned over to open the door, and when I got in the car I saw this very young looking man. I thought, ‘Oh my God, I expected to see a man but this is a boy.'”
Ouch.
Undaunted, Dr. King, who was reportedly 5′ 6″, talked his way into his future wife’s good graces. According to Coretta Scott King’s obituary in the New York Times, on that first date Dr. King told her:
“The four things that I look for in a wife are character, personality, intelligence and beauty. And you have them all.”
Smooth talk from a great orator. Monty couldn’t have said it better himself.King Among Short Men
Came across an interesting quote in the wake of the dedication of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington this week.
Here is how Dr. King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, described her first encounter with the man who would go on to lead the civil rights movement:
“I saw this green car coming up the street and this short man. He leaned over to open the door, and when I got in the car I saw this very young looking man. I thought, ‘Oh my God, I expected to see a man but this is a boy.'”
Ouch.
Undaunted, Dr. King, who was reportedly 5′ 6″, talked his way into his future wife’s good graces. According to Coretta Scott King’s obituary in the New York Times, on that first date Dr. King told her:
“The four things that I look for in a wife are character, personality, intelligence and beauty. And you have them all.”
Smooth talk from a great orator. Monty couldn’t have said it better himself.
