In 2006, the [[Jewish National Fund]], the organization that works to plant trees in Israel, announced the creation of the Coretta Scott King forest in the Galilee region of Northern Israel, with the purpose of "perpetuating her memory of equality and peace", as well as the work of her husband.<ref name="JNF">{{cite web |url=http://support.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=king |title=Coretta Scott King Forest |publisher=[[Jewish National Fund]]|date=April 8, 1968 |access-date=May 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220163319/http://support.jnf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=king |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> When she learned about this plan, King wrote to Israel's parliament:

 

 

In 2007, The [[Coretta Scott King Young Women's Leadership Academy]] (CSKYWLA) was opened in Atlanta, Georgia. At its inception, the school served girls in grade 6 with plans for expansion to grade 12 by 2014. CSKYWLA is a public school in the [[Atlanta Public Schools]] system. Among the staff and students, the acronym for the school's name, CSKYWLA (pronounced "see-skee-WAH-lah"), has been coined as a protologism to which this definition has given – "to be empowered by scholarship, non-violence, and social change." That year was also the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day following her death, and she was also honored.<ref name=Observance>{{cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/16/nation/na-briefs16.1|title=Coretta King also honored on MLK Day|date=January 16, 2007|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=February 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304042219/http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jan/16/nation/na-briefs16.1|archive-date=March 4, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>