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Last night, Blackfilm.com attended the premiere of Lifetimes Betty & Coretta, which tells the dual stories of Coretta Scott King (played by Angela Bassett) and Dr. Betty Shabazz (played by Mary J. Blige) as they carry on as single mothers following the assassinations of their husbands, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

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