[6] While her mother liked her name, her father had reservations about naming her "Yolanda", due to the possibility that the name would be mispronounced. [51], After graduating from high school, she went to Smith College. Yolanda King, the oldest child of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on May 15, 2007, in Santa Monica, California, at the age of 51. [11] When she was 6 years old, she was saddened by classmates' remarks that her father was a "jailbird". Yolanda King: 'We will fulfil my grandfather's dream' The granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr speaks at the 2020 March on Washington. Coretta King had established her own career as a civil rights activist, and after her husband's assassination in 1968, she founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (via Biography). Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. All three of her siblings lit a candle in her memory. Young said she was going to her brother Dexter's home when she collapsed in the doorway and "they were not able to revive her.". She has mostly been in the news. "[27], On the evening of April 4, 1968, when she was 12, Yolanda returned with her mother from Easter-dress shopping when Jesse Jackson called the family and reported that her father had been shot. She was born just two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus there, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott spearheaded by her father. King recalled that her mother had been the main parent and dominant figure in their home, while her father was often away. [89], In the fall of 1995, at age 39, she joined Ilyasah Shabazz and Reena Evers in saluting their mothers as they chaired an attempt at registering one million African-American women to vote in the presidential election of 1996. Like Jackie Kennedy before her, Coretta Scott King sat still and composed as all around her wept. Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism. [76] King and Shabazz had planned the play months before the voters of the state rejecting the holiday, and King prepared a statement which solidified her reasons for supporting the boycott. Yolanda King is seen in a 2006 file photo. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. [68], She celebrated her father's holiday on January 16, 1986, and attended a breakfast in Chicago with Mayor Harold Washington. [106] She became a spokesperson for the American Heart Association after her mother's stroke, promoting a campaign to raise awareness about strokes. There, in my living room, shaking off snow and laughing, were the kids in the picture two of them, anyway. The actual cause of her death was not determined. "[26] Coretta King wrote in her memoirs, My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr., that "Martin always said that Yoki came at a time in his life when he needed something to take his mind off the tremendous pressures that bore down upon him. She proceeded to read his books, and started to believe that her father had been correct all along. [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. She was 51. She was helping the association raise awareness, especially among blacks, about stroke. Not long after, she collapsed in the Santa Monica . } The play was directed towards teens and focused on the 10th year reunion of six high school friends. King called her father's name and having to live up to it a "challenge" and recalled a friend when she first met a friend of hers, who believed she could not say anything to King but after beginning to know her, realized that she was "no worse than my other friends" and she "could say anything" to her. The flag at The King Center, where she was a board member, flew at half-staff on today. She debunked complacency in having any role in progression of her father's dream. The next-youngest, Dexter, leaned silently against his mother's side. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. On her company's Web site, King described her mission as encouraging personal growth and positive social change. [46] Her grandfather Martin Luther King Sr. initially was not going to go to her performance due to opposition by locals, but changed his mind afterward. It's often hard for young people to understand the fear and terror so many people felt and how bold they were to get involved in the marches. Yolanda King, Actress: King. The head of the school was Walt Roberts, father of the actors Eric and Julia Roberts. November 17, 1955 - May 15, 2007 Santa Monica, California | Age 51 Daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., dies . "[109] She found her mother's personal papers in her home. Despite this, King managed to keep up her grades and became involved in high school politics, serving as class president for two years. It was the first time she had ever been arrested. Yolanda died in May. In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance. The children of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King Yolanda Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine have each in their own way worked to carry on their parents' work fighting for racial equality and social justice. There, she joined hands with her siblings and mother along with other civil rights activists, singing We Shall Overcome. After having been a public speaker for over twenty years, Yolanda recalled her talents having "happened very naturally growing up in a house like mine". Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. In January 2004, King referred to her father as a king, but not as one who "sat on a throne, but one who sat in a dark Birmingham jail. Legal Statement. King and Dexter were in favor of sale, but their other siblings were not. [22] King flew to Memphis, Tennessee with her brothers and mother and participated in leading a march in Memphis with sanitation workers and civil rights leaders. In 1993, she debunked the thought that her father's "dream" had been anything but a dream, and was quoted as saying "It's easier to build monuments than to make a better world. Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., Yolanda Denise King was just an infant when her home was bombed amid the turbulent civil rights era. An important early memory was that she wanted to go to Funtown, a local amusement park, with the rest of her class, but was barred from doing so due to her race. In life, she said, I had to be prim and proper and poised the King daughter. She became a secondary caregiver to her younger siblings. [71] Three officers shot, standoff follows in Kansas City, Mo., police say, Vanessa Bryant, family settles claims over Kobe crash site photos for $28.5M, Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect, Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect, CDC warns drug-resistant stomach bug a "serious public health threat". She stated, "It is entirely appropriate that you would choose to focus on multiculturalism as the opening activity of Black History Month. When asked about how she was faring following her mother's death, Yolanda responded: "I connected with her spirit so strongly. In 1979, Yolanda met Attallah Shabazz, the eldest daughter of Malcolm X,[60] after arrangements had been made by Ebony Magazine to take a photograph of the two women together. This dental device was sold to fix patients' jaws. Market data provided by Factset. Being the oldest, she had to watch her three younger siblings; Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King and referred to the three as independent when she watched them whenever their mother went out of town. Yolanda King's career proved equally successful as she used both entertainment and oratory to advance her family's message. Yolanda was born at St. Jude's Hospital in Montgomery, Alabama to Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr[2]., she was only two weeks old when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. The movement was in her DNA. After the move, she founded Higher Ground Productions where she produced and starred in a myriad of films. And that's how we can now commemorate his daughter. Their play Stepping into Tomorrow was praised by supervisors as being "entertaining and enlightening." [7] King's father eventually was satisfied with the nickname "Yoki", and wished that if they had a second daughter, they would name her something simpler. I got my answer less than a decade later when, one ridiculously snowy evening in Washington, D.C., my doorbell rang. [61] Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. Numerous dignitaries from around the world crowded into the dark wood pews at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz Gamilah was born in 1964, the year before her dad's death. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 May 15, 2007) was an African-American activist, actress and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. When asked by a young boy what she remembered most about her father, she admitted that her father was not able to spend much time with her and the rest of her family. We must cease our premature celebration [about civil rights already achieved] and get back to the struggle. At the time of the honor, King said that their production company had been approached by organizations seeking to arrange special staging of the play for gang members before May 1, when the show's run would end. [24] In February 1982, King was a speaker during the centennial of Anne Spencer's birth. She was a young girl during his famous stay in the Birmingham, Alabama, jail. It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. She died on May 15, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA. On May 15, 2007, she told her brother Dexter that she was tired. Sign In . Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died in California, family friends said on Wednesday. Houston is in for dust and gray skies as Texas haboob arrives, Oops! Legal Statement. We cannot be satisfied with a few black faces in high places when millions of our people have been locked out." When the Associated Press asked how she was dealing with her mother's death, she said(via NPR), "I connected with her spirit so strongly. King also voiced her dislike of the assumption that she would behave just like her mother and father, and the difficulty of being perceived as not being someone others could talk to. [22] She ranked in the top 10 percent of her class. Though her mother kept her nave to the controversies so she could "fulfill [her] objective, which was to do the play", that did not stop her from learning of the negativity implemented from her role years later. Four days later, she and her brothers accompanied their mother to appear at Memphis City Hall. [111] She spoke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2007 to attendees at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and stated: "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other,". 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story", Garland to face Congress amid ongoing special counsel investigations, FBI chief says agency feels pandemic likely started with Chinese lab leak. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. In an interview with The Baltimore Sun in 1998, Ms. King said acting had liberated her, not least the parts unrelated to her family history. Martin Luther King Sr., refused to attend, but her mother supported her. He would be killed a scant three months later by an assassin's bullet. Historian David Garrow, who won a Pulitzer for his biography of King and who remains friends with many King intimates, says it's not so surprising that none of the King children married. In 1958, Dr. King narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in a bookstore in Harlem. They look at me when I'm talking as if this is science fiction. Yolanda Denise King nicknamed Yoki by the family was born Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., where her father was then preaching. Martin Luther King Jr., and a friend of the gay community, died on May 15. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died after making a speech . This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, [112] On May 12, 2007,[107] days before her death, she spoke at St. Mary Medical Center, on behalf of the American Stroke Association. [84] During her speech, she mentioned that the fact that the poverty line in America among children had nearly tripled and urged people to "reach out" and "do what you can". Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. A young cousin who lived in Atlanta and had worked on the Carter campaign had stopped by during inauguration week. In 1974, an apparent madman fired a gun in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and killed her grandmother Alberta Williams King. ", The Rev. [45], At 15 she was subject to controversy when she appeared in the play The Owl and the Pussycat with a white male lead. She was involved in a sibling feud that pitted her and her brother Dexter against their brother Martin Luther King III and sister Bernice King for the sale of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. King's mother, Coretta Scott King, suffered a stroke before her death from cancer in 2006. Showing Editorial results for yolanda king. [65] In 1984, she was arrested in the view of her mother for having protested in front of the South African Embassy, in support of anti-apartheid views. Her father also addressed the issue himself. ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. Garrow says his first inclination when he heard of Yolanda's death was: This is it. She was an actress and writer, known for King (1978), JAG (1995) and Hopscotch (1980). King appeared on News & Notes on January 15, 2007 to discuss her. King was the first national ambassador to the anti-stroke campaign and she helped spread the word about risk factors and warning signs of stroke, Davis said. [9] Decision-making towards what school she would attend in first grade was done primarily by her mother, since her father expressed disinterest to her early in the decision-making. [95] She, her brother Martin Luther King III and Al Sharpton sang We Shall Overcome in front of "The Sphere", which stood atop the World Trade Center prior to the September 11 attacks.[96]. Steve Klein, a spokesman for the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, said the cause of death had not been determined but seemed related to cardiopulmonary problems. [28] She went to drama school, where was active in student counsels, and in 1976, she graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and African American Studies. Sharpton said Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right. [24] On January 7, 1986, Yolanda, her brother Martin Luther King III and her sister Bernice were arrested for "disorderly conduct" by officers responding to a call from a Winn Dixie market, of which had an ongoing protest against it since September of the previous year. She felt teenagers were confused and were using drugs as a method to escape their problems. Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, the Rev. [21] At the age of eight after writing her first play,[22][23] she also enrolled in the only integrated drama school of that time. King and Kelly starred in three films together, HBO's "America's Dream" starring Danny Glover and Wesley Snipes, award-winning period film "Odessa," that deals with racial unrest in which King gives a stellar performance as a nanny who lost her son to racial violence, and in Rob Reiner's film "Ghosts of Mississippi" about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers starring Whoopi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin, King and Kelly played the adult and child versions of Reena Evers. When he did, she would play and swim with him. In 1966, Yolanda listened to a speech her father gave when he was addressing a rally. "She lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle," said the Rev. Image Credit Birthday: November 17, 1955 ( Scorpio) Born In: Montgomery, Alabama, United States 26 15 Civil Rights Activists #23 Human Rights Activists #11 Voice Actresses #17 Quick Facts Also Known As: Yolanda Denise King Died At Age: 51 Family: father: Martin Luther King Jr. When asked by The Associated Press at that event how she was dealing with the loss of her mother, she responded: "I connected with her spirit so strongly. She was credited with having her father's sense of humor.[1]. [118], Despite this, she was quoted in January 2003 of saying that she was "a 100 percent, dyed-in-the-wool, card-carrying believer in 'The Dream'. [5] She kept her father busy when walking on their home's floors. Yolanda King was active in education during the start of her acting career, working as a professor for three years at Fordham University before moving to Los Angeles in 1990. It began on Jan. 30, 1956, when Yolanda, nicknamed Yoki, was 2 months old and the familys house was bombed in the Montgomery bus boycott. The loss has not gotten easier in 50 years, but his three surviving children each bear it on their own terms. 2007 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. In the early hours of May 19, 2007, King's body was brought to Atlanta, Georgia by private plane belonging to Bishop Eddie Long. The four King children gathered at the February 2006 funeral of their mother, Coretta Scott King. #inline-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { Many in attendance did not know her, but came out of respect for the King family's history of peace protests and social justice. But walking through the first part of the exhibit I felt that terror. And I was happy to see that they bore no resemblance to the sad-eyed youngsters I'd seen on television during their father's services. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica,. Yolanda Denise King, who was born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., lived virtually her entire life in the maelstrom of the civil rights revolution that her father and mother, Coretta Scott King, helped lead. Yolanda, King's nine-year-old granddaughter, made headlines just last month with her rousing speech at the March for Our Lives rally in Washington. Yolanda King wrote and produced plays; gave speeches to groups that included elementary schoolchildren and Fortune 500 corporations; and acted in commercial movies. "Hey, hope you don't mind, but I brought Yoki and Marty with me," he apologized as the three swept up the stairs of my DuPont Circle townhouse. She was also on the student council. Rest in peace Yoki! "[37] King openly stated years later that she did not hate James Earl Ray.[38]. Alongside the physician that took care of her mother, Dr. Maggie Mermin and her sister, Yolanda told the press that her mother was making progress on a daily basis and was expected to make a full recovery. I remember being particularly focused on one of them: Robert Kennedy was somber, even tearful at times, as he knelt and crossed himself and prayed with his wife, Ethel, before the service began. After her hour-long presentation, she joined her sister and her aunt, Christine King Farris, in signing books. Yolanda King, shown here in a 2005 photograph, sought to encourage "personal growth and positive social change." accessed ), memorial page for Yolanda Denise King (17 Nov 1955-15 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19405381; . But acting, I could be zany, silly, sometimes the foolish person that I am. "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other," said Yolanda, urging those who honor the Kings' work to question their own beliefs on prejudice and be a personal force for peace and love. (After all, she was a theater major.) In honor of her father, King promoted a show in Los Angeles entitled "Achieving the Dream" in 2001. "While Mrs. King was alive, the standards to which she would hold any potential life partner of any of her children would be so high as to be almost unmeetable," he speculates. [39] She was active in student government and drama. Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. hide caption, Yolanda King, shown here in a 2005 photograph, sought to encourage "personal growth and positive social change.". Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 - May 15, 2007) was an African-American activist, actress and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. She was a reserved and quiet person who loved acting. Andrea Waters King, Yolanda Renee King, and Martin Luther King III, attend the "March On for Washington and Voting Rights" on August 28, 2021 in. Yolanda King was born on November 17, 1955 and died on May 15, 2007. She founded a dramatic group with Atallah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, the slain civil rights leader, and started a theatrical production company, Higher Ground Productions, dedicated to what she called personal empowerment. Information about the death of Yolanda King; Cause of death: Heart Attack: Age of death: 51 years: Profession: Civil Rights Leader: Birthday: November 17, 1955: Death date: March 15, 2007: Place of death: N/A: Place of burial: N/A: Quotes. "[101] "I struggled with a lot of the legacy for a long time, probably actually into my 30s before I really made peace with it," Yolanda stated in 2005 on "Western Skies", a public radio show based in Colorado. She called him my first buddy, saying, I was tremendously loved.. "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other," she said. Joseph Lowery, said Wednesday he was stunned and saddened by the news of King's death. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates offers a personal note on Yolanda King. "[128] January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. Yolanda King is survived by her sister, the Rev. Her paternal grandfather, the Rev. She asked her mother at this time, if she should hate the man who killed her father. Market data provided by Factset. Dexter King said of his sister, "She gave me permission. Al Sharpton called Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right.". There, she gave a speech and made references to her past difficult experiences when first coming to the college. 683 Yolanda King Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images CREATIVE EDITORIAL VIDEO All Sports Entertainment News Archival Browse 683 yolanda king stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. Yolanda King would have been 51 years old at the time of death or 59 years old today. Jesse Jackson stated that King "lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle. Her mother told her not to, since her father would not want that. Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Nobel Peace Prize: 19631964, Enrollment at Spring Street Elementary School and last years with father: 19651968, Immediate life after Smith College: 19761978, King holiday, arrests, and return to Smith College: 19801989, Arizona boycott and James Earl Ray retrial: 19901999, Mother's death, sibling dispute and final months: 20062007. Before her death, she led a production company called Higher Ground Productions an organization whose mission is to provide a "gateway for inner peace, unity, and global transformation," as per NPR. The other indelible image is of Mrs. King and her children. The Tragic 2007 Death Of Martin Luther King's Eldest Child, Yolanda King. Yolanda King was the most visible and outspoken among the Kings' four children during activities honoring this year's Martin Luther King Day in January, the first since Coretta Scott King's death. She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. All rights reserved. Funeral arrangements would be announced later, the family said in a brief statement. (That moment would be captured for posterity by Moneta Sleet Jr., who photographed the funeral for Ebony and Jet; he would later be awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the mother-daughter portrait of grief.) Summary . She served on the Partnership Council of Habitat for Humanity, was the first national Ambassador for the American Stroke Association's "Power to End Stroke" Campaign, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a sponsor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Human Rights Campaign, and held a lifetime membership in the NAACP. King was also an author and advocate for peace and nonviolence, and held memberships in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which her father co-founded in 1957 and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. King cried when she found out her father had been imprisoned. [25], She kicked off Martin Luther King Jr. Day by starting a week-long celebration on January 12, 1987, and talked to students about opportunities that they had at that point which their parents and grandparents did not have. <img src="http://members.cox.net/jnashatty/P1020216.jpg" height=450 width=600> But after finishing her sophomore year and returning home so she could work over the summer, her grandmother Alberta Williams King was killed on June 30, 1974. [34] King and her siblings were assured an education thanks to the help of Harry Belafonte, who set up a trust fund for them years prior to their father's death. He had come up for the festivities, and he had two friends with him. CDC warns drug-resistant stomach bug a "serious public health threat" Her mother, Coretta Scott King, died last year. She held membership at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which her father helped found in 1957, and she was a notable advocate for non-violence. "[70] Coretta Scott King began to decline in health after suffering a stroke in August 2005. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. [33] Bill Cosby flew to Atlanta after the funeral and entertained King and her siblings. ", "Yolanda never wavered from a commitment to nonviolent social change and justice for all," he said. When asked what kind of world she would like to live in, King said she wished "people could love everybody". In the interview with the magazine, she related how people expected her to be "stuck up" and referred to it as one of the "handicaps" of being Martin Luther King's child. . Joseph Lowery, one of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement. ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. "[94] Following the September 11 attacks, King spoke in North Chicago in 2002 and related that her father's wisdom during the crisis would have been of great aid to her. As she said during an interview, "I prefer Yoki. 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