Betty & Coretta

A drama centered on the personal struggle of the women behind the two men that changed history after their tragic assassinations, Coretta King, wife of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Betty Shabazz, wife of Malcolm X., The lives of Coretta Scott King and Betty Shabazz are chronicled as they carry on as single mothers following the assassinations of their husbands., In the wake of seeing their influential husbands Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X assassinated, Coretta Scott King (Angela Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (Mary J. Blige) keep the flames of the American civil rights movement burning bright while becoming strong female role models, and forging an enduring bond that spanned 30 years.