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Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an activist for African-American rights 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. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism.
May 17, 2007 · Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who melded her father’s message of racial equality and nonviolence with her own calling as an actor and a motivational...
Aug 28, 2020 · Yolanda King: 'We will fulfil my grandfather's dream'. The granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr speaks at the 2020 March on Washington. The event marked 57 years since King Jr delivered his I...
May 16, 2007 · Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center.
May 15, 2007 · King, Yolanda Denise. November 17, 1955 to May 15, 2007. Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. The eldest child of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Yolanda was born 17 November 1955, less than a month before the launch of the Montgomery bus boycott.
May 17, 2007 · LOS ANGELES — Yolanda King, an actress, producer and motivational speaker who was the eldest child of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and who turned to the performing arts to carry on...
Yolanda King was born on 17 November 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for King (1978), Hopscotch (1980) and Death of a Prophet (1981). She died on 15 May 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
May 16, 2007 · ATLANTA — Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s eldest child who pursued her father’s dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died...
May 15, 2007 · A social activist, motivational speaker, actress, and eldest child of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was born in Montgomery, Ala., just two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus.
May 16, 2007 · Yolanda King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., died Tuesday at the age of 51. An activist in her own right, King worked as an actor, dramatist and motivational speaker. A...
