Christmas Carol Sing with Mrs Coretta King

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U.N. delegates and staff joined Mrs. Coretta King in singing Christmas carols in the U.N. Secretariat lobby on 19 December 1977, during a carol sing hosted by the Meditation Group. Adding to the holiday spirit were large colourful paintings by Sri Chinmoy, which were on display.

Mrs. King charmed the several hundred who gathered by opening the programme with a solo performance of the spiritual “King of Kings” and then asked the audience to join her in singing this and many other favourite carols.

Before singing the spiritual “Sweet Little Jesus Boy,” Mrs. King said: I often compare the message in this Christmas spiritual to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was one of his favorite songs, and very often at this time of year he would ask me to sing it at one of our regular meetings at Ebenezer Baptist Church as a meditation solo.

Mrs. King comments on Sri Chinmoy ‘s paintings: I like his work. I’d love to have one of them, as a matter of fact..because there’s a lot of feeling in them. . . . He’s just a creative person – to create – I guess that’s what he’s all about.

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