Despite this wish, she acknowledged that this was of no ease and expressed happiness that her father had changed many things, and even made some people gain self-esteem. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. She wrote her first play at 8, and her mother sent her to acting school the next year. She recalled having met a friend that was scared of being acquainted with her, because of her father's identity and expressed her thoughts in the colleges she wished to attend. 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. Her mother tried to debunk this, insisting that they would still get it. Yolanda at that same ceremony used her craft as an actress to deliver a tribute to her parents, performing a series of skits telling stories including a girl's first ride on a desegregated bus and a college student's recollection of the 1963 desegregation of Birmingham, Ala. Jesse Jackson stated that King "lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle. But walking through the first part of the exhibit I felt that terror. Yolanda King founded and led Higher Ground Productions, billed as a "gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation." Her mother told her not to, since her father would not want that. 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. Yolanda King was born November 17, 1955, shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. [39] During a Sunday visit to Church, King was forced to stand before the congregation and explain her actions. "[92], King attended and spoke at the Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. "[53] At the time of her turmoil in college, King recalled having not known Malcolm X and "didn't understand daddy, so here I was trying to defend something I thought I knew about but really didn't. [48] Despite statements such as these, King did not become aware of the public discomfort with her role until years later, citing her mother's involvement in her knowledge of the criticism.[49]. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. Memorialize Yolanda's life with photos and stories about her and the King family history and genealogy. What is the birth name of. Early on, she was aware of racism in her surroundings, especially when her father had to explain to her why she wasn't allowed to go to the amusement park known as "Funtown." Sharpton said Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right. The next year, Ms. Kings uncle A. D. King, her fathers sole brother, accidentally drowned. In 1966, Yolanda listened to a speech her father gave when he was addressing a rally. Legal Statement. She was a reserved and quiet person who loved acting. 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.Her career as an actor and speaker combined her father's activism with her own artistic pursuits. 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. King joined her mother and siblings in marches and was lauded by such figures as Harry Belafonte, who established a trust fund for her and her siblings. For a nation that prides itself on liberty, justice and equality for all, this is totally unacceptable. He told her that there were many whites who were not racist and wanted her to go but there were many who were and did not want her to go. Bernice King, Martin Luther King III and Yolanda King participate in a musical tribute to their mother at the new Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. [61] Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. "[128] January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. In the Fall of 1968, King attended Henry Grady Highschool, in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia, she was president of her sophomore and junior class, and vice president of her senior class. In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that of "Some men see things as they are and say why? [31], King was visited by Mrs. Kennedy before her father's funeral. She also urged the audience at Ebenezer to be a force for peace and love, and to use the King holiday each year in January to ask tough questions about their own beliefs on prejudice. The four children of the civil rights activist noticed "something was happening". Her career as an actor and speaker combined her father's. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica,. In 1960, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she was immersed in social upheaval. Market data provided by Factset. During the family's interview with Mike Wallace in December 1968, Yolanda was introduced by her mother and revealed her role in keeping the family together. Yolanda King's career proved equally successful as she used both entertainment and oratory to advance her family's message. "[37] King openly stated years later that she did not hate James Earl Ray.[38]. As an actress, she appeared in numerous films and even played civil rights heroine Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King." Death photos of Yolanda King Seeing Spots May 24, 2007 1 2 Next Seeing Spots Joyful Woman! "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. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. [77] On January 17, 1991, Yolanda spoke before a crowd of students at Edmonds Community College, around 200 in number. Members of the chapter are "deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Ms. Yolanda King,'' spokeswoman Tiffany Travis said today. 2007 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. I dream things that never were and say why not?". When she returned home, she rushed to confront her mother about his death and even ignored her grandfather, Martin Luther King, Sr., to tell her mother what she had heard and that they would not get their "freedom now." Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism. Yolanda King is survived by her sister, the Rev. King aroused controversy in high school for her role in a play. CDC warns drug-resistant stomach bug a "serious public health threat" 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. 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. [110], She preached in January 2007 to an audience in Ebenezer Baptist Church urging them to be an oasis for peace and love, as well as to use her father's holiday as starting ground for their own interpretations of prejudice. In 1999, she acted in Selma, Lord, Selma, about the civil rights march, and in 1996 appeared in Ghosts of Mississippi, about efforts to track down the killer of Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader. 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He may be dead physically, and one day I am going to see him again".[43]. The "commitment" to diverse members in the audience and the play itself, was what represented the opportunities for which King fought. [80] That same year, she also spoke at Indiana University. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. 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. She called him my first buddy, saying, I was tremendously loved.. "[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. Higher Ground Productions: www.yolanda-king.com, Yolanda King, daughter of MLK Jr., dies at 51. It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. We must cease our premature celebration [about civil rights already achieved] and get back to the struggle. "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other," King said. #inline-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. A flag at The King Center, which King's mother founded in 1968 and where she was a board member, was lowered to half-staff on Wednesday. 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. "Daughters of M.L. [67] That same year, she presented the Martin Luther King Jr. Award for Public Service to Chicago Mayor Harold Washington during the fifth annual Ebony American Black Achievement Awards. "She was the first daughter of the civil rights movement and never shamed her parents or her co-activists.". After the move, she founded Higher Ground Productions where she produced and starred in a myriad of films. The death comes just over a year after the death of her mother, Coretta Scott King a civil rights leader in her own right at the age of 78, of complications from ovarian cancer, and after a battle with the effects from a stroke. Her decision in 1971 to play a prostitute in a school production of Bill Manhoffs Owl and the Pussycat, which involved kissing a white man, scandalized the white and black communities. [90] King joined the rest of her family in February 1997, in advocating a retrial for James Earl Ray, the man convicted of her father's murder, having realized that "without our direct involvement, the truth will never come out. On July 21, 1969, King's uncle and father's brother Alfred Daniel Williams King was found dead in the swimming pool of his home. [39] On April 4, 1970, the second anniversary of her father's death, she and her sister Bernice attended their grandfather Martin Luther King, Sr.'s silent prayer for their father at his gravesite. 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The civil rights leader and wife Coretta Scott King were parents to four kids: sons Martin Luther King III, 65, and Dexter, 61, and daughters Yolanda and Bernice, 59. She felt teenagers were confused and were using drugs as a method to escape their problems. The pair performed in around 50 cities a year and did lectures together, typically in school settings. Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. Joseph Lowery, one of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement. Many former classmates of both Grady High School and Smith College attended to remember her. The King Center in Atlanta set up to preserve the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King says his oldest child, Yolanda Denise King, has died. King spoke from the cathedral's Canterbury Pulpit, the same pulpit Martin Luther King Jr. spoke from on his last Sunday sermon before his death. [68], She celebrated her father's holiday on January 16, 1986, and attended a breakfast in Chicago with Mayor Harold Washington. [17] For Christmas 1963, King and her siblings accepted a sacrificial Christmas as appealed by their parents and only received a single gift. In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance. The statement was made while she was in the presence of 800 people who gathered to honor her father at the Everett Theatre. Market data provided by Factset. 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 also was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King's Daughter, Dies By Douglas Martin May 17, 2007 Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. During the play, she changed costume numerous times and adjusted her voice and body language when changing roles. [104] She was hospitalized on August 16, 2005,[105] and was set to come home as well. [12] After having not seen her father for five weeks while he was in jail, she finally was able to meet with him alongside both of her brothers for less than half an hour. [41] Her inclinations were driven to be artistic, which did not suit the political aspects of her father's life. Yolanda King: 'Open My Eyes, Open My Soul'. She was one of the first black children at a previously segregated elementary school in Atlanta, where she endured racial epithets. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates offers a personal note on Yolanda King. ", "Yolanda never wavered from a commitment to nonviolent social change and justice for all," he said. All three of her siblings lit a candle in her memory. . Martin Luther King Jr. 's eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through acting and motivational speaking, has died. 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. I could let the rough edges show., Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. Kings Daughter, Dies, https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/us/17king.html. 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. I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us, and shine the spotlight,' as my father did. Photos honoring the life of Yolanda King from Santa Monica, California - ADVERTISEMENT - Play Music Pause Music Tweet; Help | Login | Sign Up; . Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who melded her fathers message of racial equality and nonviolence with her own calling as an actor and a motivational speaker, died on Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 51. "She was a warm and gentle person and was thoroughly committed to the movement and found her own means of expressing that commitment through drama. WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 18: Yolanda Renee King, the granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., finishes preaching at the Washington National Cathedral January 18, 2022 in Washington, DC. She received a standing ovation afterwards, alongside a thunderous applause. At her father's Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, she performed a series of solo skits that told stories including a girl's first ride on a desegregated bus and a college student's recollection of the 1963 campaign to desegregate Birmingham, Ala. She also urged the audience to be a force for peace and love, and to use the King holiday each year to ask tough questions about their own beliefs about prejudice. Please enter valid email address to continue. Davis said Houston heart association officials have received no specific information on the cause of King's death but added that King had a family history of heart disease and stroke. [51], After graduating from high school, she went to Smith College. after numerous attempts to explain the issue to her, Yolanda finally understood. [71] His youngest two children, Esther and Vernon, were vacationing with King and her family in Jamaica when they heard of his death. [130] During a 2009 reunion at her alma mater Smith College, a walk was done in her memory by fellow alumnae.[131]. Yolanda died due to a chronic heart condition in 2007. Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. [107], That year, she and her brother Dexter came to oppose their other brother and sister, Martin Luther King III and Bernice King, on the matter of selling the King Center. Four days later, she and her brothers accompanied their mother to appear at Memphis City Hall. Yolanda was an advocate for racial and social justice, workers' rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and general nonviolence. Ric Feld/AFP/Getty Images [39] She was active in student government and drama. Maybe when I'm older I won't be able to stand Yoki, but Yolanda sounds so formal!" Her brother Martin III was born in 1957; brother Dexter in 1961; and sister Bernice in 1963. [28] ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Bernice King, Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III. Yolanda has mostly been portrayed in films that revolve around her parents. [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]. She was credited with having her father's sense of humor.[1]. 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. She and her mother, at the time of the bomb's detonation, were in the rear section of their home. King; two brothers, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King; and an extended family. [40] At that time, King still did not know what she wanted to do with her life, but acknowledged that many wanted her to be a preacher. The four King children gathered at the February 2006 funeral of their mother, Coretta Scott King. In 1958, Dr. King narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in a bookstore in Harlem. Remember people with biographies & photos. Martin Luther King Jr. 's eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, has died. King; two brothers, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King; and an extended family. 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. [63][64] The theater company was based in New York City and Los Angeles and focused on addressing the issues that their fathers, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, spoke of in their lifetimes. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial. 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. Former Mayor Andrew Young, a lieutenant of her father's who has remained close to the family, said Yolanda King had just spoken at an event for the American Heart Association. [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'. She called for Americans to memorialize those who gave their lives for "the struggle for peace and justice. "[70] ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. "Yolanda was lovely. 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. Steve Klein, a spokesman for the center, says the 51-year-old died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. A spokesman for the King Center says the family does not know the cause of death but suspects it might have been a heart problem. The cause of death was believed to be heart disease. Yolanda King's bio. (After all, she was a theater major.) Yolanda King, who lived in California, was an actress, ran a production company and appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi." She played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King." She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". [22] She ranked in the top 10 percent of her class. 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. accessed ), memorial page for Yolanda Denise King (17 Nov 1955-15 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19405381; . Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. May 24, 2007 #1 A friend of mines sent me these photos, so I cannot verify the authenticity.I think she looks beautiful. [24] In February 1982, King was a speaker during the centennial of Anne Spencer's birth. All four of MLK's children . [119] She made it clear that month that she was not trying to fill her father's footsteps, noting jokingly that "They're too big" and that she would "fall and break [her] neck". 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