Two extraordinary women - Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.., and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X - come to life in BETTY & CORETTA on Lifetime. Coretta Scott King is played by Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee Angela Bassett, and nine-time Grammy-winning recording artist Mary J. Blige is executive producer and stars as Dr. Betty Shabazz. After their husbands' tragic assassinations, they developed a unique friendship spanning three decades as they carried on the Civil Rights movement while supporting their families as single mothers. Through their strength and dignity, they became role models for millions of women.