"Scott King saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning. Political enfranchisement was just the first step. As she explained in 1976, 'People couldn't see the economics of the movement because of the drama. . . . [The] next step was parity in income distribution.' The solution Scott King promoted is an old one, but its time has come: legislation to provide federal governmental guarantees to employment, at living wages, where people are located, and in areas that serve social needs—rather than those of the market."
In a 2017 Boston Review article, David Stein discusses "Coretta Scott King's vision of full employment."
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