America celebrated the legacy of Coretta Scott King Tuesday. More than 10,000 people - including four presidents - gathered at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church near Atlanta to honor King, her work and her memory. The six-hour ceremony was filled with laughter, tears, appreciation and inspiration, truly paying tribute to a woman of King's stature.
Presidents, luminaries and civil rights leaders alike remembered King's steadfast, purposeful activism, highlighting a life spent working for change. So it shouldn't surprise you when those long opposed to everything King stood for disrespected this great woman on her day and at a time when her and her husband's lessons are needed most.