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Richard Nixon’s Secret Visit With Coretta Scott King

‘IT WILL BE THERE’

Nixon came in part to avoid attending the funeral, but he also brought a check—later lost—for her children’s education, according to a family friend finally telling the story.

Eleanor Clift

Published Jun. 23 2018 9:15PM EDT

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Eleanor Clift

Eleanor Clift

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