Coretta Scott King adds voice to youth vote effort

<p>Martin Luther King's widow is helping to spearhead a new effort aimed at pulling young people into civil service, and especially, the voting booth.</p><p>Coretta Scott King was giving the keynote speech Wednesday night in Washington for the national launch of Generation Engage. According to the group, the grassroots movement is a product of the November elections in which only 42 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds showed up to vote, far less than the national average.</p><p>"This forgotten half of our generation _ the young people who have already entered the labor force _ has been marginalized for too long," said Adrian Talbott, executive director of Generation Engage.</p><p>Pilot projects will begin this summer in North Carolina and Virginia, and the ultimate objective is to build a national network to serve as a sounding board for young voters.</p>

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