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The IRE Resource Center is a major research library containing more than 23,250 investigative stories — both print and broadcast.

These stories are searchable online or by contacting the Resource Center directly (573-882-3364 or rescntr@ire.org) where a researcher can help you pinpoint what you need.

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Search results for "Coretta Scott King" ...

  • Coretta Scott King: Uncovering the FBI's Secret Spy Files

    The project reveals how law enforcement agents secretly spied on Coretta Scott King, the wife and widow of Martin Luther King, monitoring her activities and conversations for a minimum of four years after her husband's assassination. "The documents also open a historical window to the paranoid fever-dreams of government in the 60's that led to many rights abuses."

    Tags: Coretta Scott King; civil rights; law enforcement; spying; FBI; wire-tapping;

    By Mark Greenblatt; David Raziq; Keith Tomshe; Chris Henao

    KHOU-TV (Houston)

    2007

  • Illiteracy

    Corpus Christi Caller Times looks at illiteracy in Texas; finds there are 3.3 million Texans who are functionally illiterate; looks at the problems of illiteracy and the various attempts to teach adults to read; gives tips on getting kids to read, Sept. 4 - 8, and 11, 1988.

    Tags: TX Emling illiterate

    By Shelley Emling;comment by Coretta Scott King;Melissa Turner;Melissa Robinson;John Bruce;comment by Jonathan Kozol;Mary Sherwood

    Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas)

    1988