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Edythe Scott Bagley was born on 13 December, 1924 in Marion, Alabama, U.S., is an American author, activist, and educator (1924–2011). Discover Edythe Scott Bagley's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?
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Marion, Alabama, U.S. |
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11 June, 2011 |
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Obadiah Scott Bernice McMurry Scott |
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Edythe Scott Bagley Net Worth
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Edythe Scott Bagley (December 13, 1924 – June 11, 2011) was an American author, activist, and educator.
The older sister of Coretta Scott King, she worked behind the scenes to promote the Civil Rights Movement and was actively involved in many of the crucial events of that era.
In 1943, Mrs. Bagley graduated from Lincoln Normal School in Marion, Alabama.
With the encouragement of teachers and mentors, she applied for a scholarship to Antioch College and was accepted as a student there that fall.
Though Antioch had enjoyed a long history of racial tolerance, Mrs. Bagley was the first African American student admitted to the school in the modern era.
Later, she transferred to Ohio State University from which she graduated.
She also earned a master of English from Columbia University and a master of fine arts from Boston University.
Her sister Coretta met Martin Luther King Jr. while attending the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston after winning a scholarship.
Edythe was frequently confronted by her sister over whether or not to develop her relationship with the aspiring minister, and she became impressed by how King carried himself.
The two wanted to meet with members of Coretta's family and obtained Edythe's number from her.
Mrs. Bagley had lunch with the two, and was pressed by King Sr. over how she felt about her sister possibly marrying his son.
Though Edythe tried to assert her sister was deserving of his son and was a strong person, she did not believe that she had to beg.
Coretta and Martin made an announcement of their marriage on Valentine's Day 1953.
Despite the wedding being only four months away, Coretta was not fully committed to the idea, and sent a letter to her sister the day before Easter Vacation.
After the assassination of her brother-in-law Martin Luther King Jr., Mrs. Bagley moved to Atlanta, Georgia and stayed there for two years to support her sister.
In those years, she helped her sister in developing the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change and served on its board of directors for the rest of her life.
Edythe married Arthur Bagley on June 5, 1954, and had one child named Arturo Bagley.
They were married for 56 years.
On Labor Day weekend of 1968, Edythe went to Atlanta to visit her sister and met with her staff for the first time.
Edythe represented her sister and her brother-in-law in 1971 when the Police Athletic League dedicated a building its then-newest center to Martin Luther King Jr. and helped in ceremonies at that time as well.
Edythe Rose Scott-Bagley was born in Marion, Alabama, to Bernice McMurry-Scott and Obie Scott Sr, as were her siblings, Coretta, Obie Leonard and Eunice.
Her parents were leaders in the community.
in addition to running the Scott household, Bernice was the church pianist at Mt. Tabor A.M.E Zion Church and she drove the school bus.
Obie pursued many jobs, including barbering, transporting timber, and driving a taxi cab.
The oldest of the Scott's, Edythe attended crossroad school.
Edythe received her secondary education at Lincoln School in nearby Marion, where she was exposed to a faculty that was both racially and geographically diverse with members from New England, New York, and the Midwest as a junior that included an appearance in Yellow Springs, Ohio, home of Antioch College.
That exposure led to Antioch's offer of a scholarship, and after graduating from Lincoln as a class valedictorian.
She taught at several colleges in Alabama and Georgia before joining the faculty of Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in 1971.
At Cheyney, Mrs. Bagley founded the theatre arts major in 1980.
In conjunction with that program she produced and directed numerous plays and theatrical productions.
Edythe remained a part of faculty at the college until her retirement in 1996.
In 2003, believing her death was near, Edythe called her sister to arrange for the entire family to be together for Thanksgiving.
Bagley let her feelings about possibly dying soon be known, to which her niece Bernice King said "Aunt Edythe, it's not over because you're not finished."
Following the death of her sister Coretta in 2006, Mrs. Bagley called her "my best friend and closest associate."
At her sister's funeral, Bagley was represented by her son Arturo Bagley, who spoke about the sisters's relationship.
Mrs. Bagley's health began to decline in the spring of 2010.
In February 2011, Edythe's husband died, and four months later, on June 11, 2011, she died.
The day after her death, Mrs. Bagley's nephew Martin Luther King III reported that she had died and called her a "vibrant, brilliant woman and always a source of strength and wisdom for our mother during the difficult challenges of the civil rights movement."