People Photos Purpose. The actor, speaker and producer was the founder and head of Higher Ground Productions, billed as a "gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation." Despite this, she did voice opposition to President Ronald Reagan's reluctance to sign the law establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, her father's national holiday. 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. The other indelible image is of Mrs. King and her children. In 1966, Yolanda listened to a speech her father gave when he was addressing a rally. 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. At that time, she was also called by Andrea Young, whose own father had insisted that she should. 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. [20] Soon thereafter, they would be joined by their younger brother Dexter. Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. [114] She was 51. [93] During a presentation in May 2000, King was asked if the human race would ever become "color blind". FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2006, file photo, from left, the children of the Rev. She was 51.. 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. Higher Ground Productions: www.yolanda-king.com, Yolanda King, daughter of MLK Jr., dies at 51. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates offers a personal note on Yolanda King. [36], When asked about what pressures emerged from being a daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., King stated that "as soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father My siblings had the same kind of pressure. She was helping the association raise awareness, especially among blacks, about stroke. [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. 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KING", "Black History Parade, King Speech Draw Thousands", "Daughters of King, Malcolm X Also Have a Message", "Son Dexter To Take Reign of The King Center in Atlanta", "2 Black Leaders' Daughters May Ignore Arizona Boycott", "Yolanda King Cancels Appearance in Arizona", "U.S. King was born in the midst of the turbulent civil rights movement and was only an infant when the King home was bombed in 1956. Jesse Jackson, an aide of Martin Luther King Jr. "The movement was in her DNA. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. Al Sharpton , U.S.. Death of Yolanda King. She and her mother, at the time of the bomb's detonation, were in the rear section of their home. "[87] In July 1994, after seeing some photographs of her father prior to his death, Yolanda lamented that "this [had] brought back a lot of memories. [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. It was the first time she had ever been arrested. Martin Luther King Jr. , Rev. [83] During July 1993, she agreed to speak at the Coral Springs City Centre for airfare and a fee in January 1994. 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. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. King was scheduled to visit Houston this weekend to attend numerous events related to the "Power to End Stroke'' campaign sponsored by the local chapter of the American Heart Association, Houston Gulf Coast Division. 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. I remember thinking she was sparkly a good, throaty laugh, good sense of humor, the ability to dramatically capture the room's attention. Many in attendance did not know her, but came out of respect for the King family's history of peace protests and social justice. Martin Luther King Sr., refused to attend, but her mother supported her. May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM [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. She became an actress, ran a production company and appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi," and as Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King.". [81] In October, King gave support for a Cabrini-Green family that wants to escape the violence, and a fundraiser for their cause. Her career as an actor and speaker combined her father's. } I was a high-school junior when Martin Luther King was assassinated. She did not understand, and asked her mother Coretta why she was not able to go. 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. Yolanda was an advocate for racial and social justice, workers' rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and general nonviolence. [24] She began speaking publicly at the age of ten and even filled in for her parents on occasion. [50] Wage growth is slowing. Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. [97] King and Elodia Tate co-edited the book Open My Eyes, Open My Soul: Celebrating Our Common Humanity,[98][99] published by McGraw-Hill in 2003. [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 was 51. King was cremated,[115] in accordance with her wishes. All three of her siblings lit a candle in her memory. She also found "great irony" in President Ronald Reagan having signed a bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. Legal Statement. "[70] [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. Yolanda King wrote and produced plays; gave speeches to groups that included elementary schoolchildren and Fortune 500 corporations; and acted in commercial movies. Prior to the film's release, King expressed belief in children of the time knowing that "Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, but when it is time to talk about the facts and the history, there is not a lot of knowledge. or redistributed. 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. 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.". 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story" Ms. Kings consistent goal was to infect her work, including her films, with her familys deeper purposes. She stated that her father had a "magnificent dream", but admitted that "it still is only a dream. Rest in peace Yoki! 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. Maybe when I'm older I won't be able to stand Yoki, but Yolanda sounds so formal!" She was 51 King. She was 12 when her father was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. She was 12 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. died. "[128] January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. With Yolanda King, she also founded a group named Nucleus, Inc. in 1977. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. The four King children gathered at the February 2006 funeral of their mother, Coretta Scott King. She reflected "I had never read his works. [25] Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. 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. She founded a production company called Higher Ground Productions. "[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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. The two were the same age. I thought of that evening often over the years, the unexpected appearance of the living children of a beloved icon. 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. She allowed me to give myself permission to be me." Yolanda King, the Rev. 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. "[91] In an interview with People magazine in 1999, she recalled when she first learned of her father's death and stated in her words that "to this day, my heart skips a beat every time I hear one of those special bulletins. / CBS/AP. [33] Bill Cosby flew to Atlanta after the funeral and entertained King and her siblings. "[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. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. In the 1990s, she supported a retrial of James Earl Ray and publicly stated that she did not hate him. When asked then by The Associated Press how she was dealing with the loss of her mother, King responded: "I connected with her spirit so strongly. I don't have to try and prove anything to anyone anymore. [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. [42] Of the King children, Yolanda was the only one to attend Grady High School, as her siblings would go to different high schools following her graduation. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. To Yolanda, it seemed as if adults naturally went to jail occasionally, because all those she knew seemed to do that. Her father also addressed the issue himself. The movement was in her DNA. King's mother, Coretta Scott King, suffered a stroke before her death from cancer in 2006. 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. [68], She celebrated her father's holiday on January 16, 1986, and attended a breakfast in Chicago with Mayor Harold Washington. The "commitment" to diverse members in the audience and the play itself, was what represented the opportunities for which King fought. King appeared on News & Notes on January 15, 2007 to discuss her. [79] King stressed in 1992 that love would help people make their mark on the world. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. 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. She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. An alumna of Smith College after graduating in 1976, she was the subject of an essay among the "remarkable women" during a celebration during the college's one hundred and twenty-fifth year[56] and she was a member of the board of directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. (the official national memorial to her father) and was founding Director of the King Center's Cultural Affairs Program. "Thanks for having us.". 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. (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.) [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. display: block; Sharpton said Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, and Mrs. King died last year. She was 51. She was one of the first black children at a previously segregated elementary school in Atlanta, where she endured racial epithets. Joseph Lowery, said Wednesday he was stunned and saddened by the news of King's death. When her father was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the 12-year-old King showed her composure during the public funeral and mourning events. Remember people with biographies & photos. Martin Luther King Jr., died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 51. In the early hours of May 19, 2007, King's body was brought to Atlanta, Georgia by private plane belonging to Bishop Eddie Long. Showing Editorial results for yolanda king. Her mother told her not to, since her father would not want that. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images . From left: Dexter King, the Rev. One of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement, the Rev. 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. There, she gave a speech and made references to her past difficult experiences when first coming to the college. "Yolanda was lovely. 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 King is seen in a 2006 file photo. 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. display: none; Bernice King, Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III. ", "Yolanda never wavered from a commitment to nonviolent social change and justice for all," he said. Her family has speculated that her death was caused by a heart condition. 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. Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. She was just 10 weeks old when the King family home was bombed in Jan. 30, 1956, as her father attended a boycott rally. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. When he did, she would play and swim with him. [71] [102] During the fall of 2004 she played Mama in "A Raisin in the Sun" at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell University. 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. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". accessed ), memorial page for Yolanda Denise King (17 Nov 1955-15 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19405381; . In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance. Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. She was 7 when her father mentioned her and her siblings in his 1963 speech at the March on Washington: "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.". Al Sharpton called Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right.". In her teenage years, King preferred to go by her nickname "Yoki." Yolanda King's bio. "[37] King openly stated years later that she did not hate James Earl Ray.[38]. Yolanda King was the founder and head of Higher Ground Productions, billed as a "gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation." 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 . She was a reserved and quiet person who loved acting. No blood children, maybe, but as Yolanda pointed out in an NPR interview a few years ago, when people feel empowered, they become part of the King legacy: "I think it takes that for people to be effective change agents and to be champions of peace in their own lives. She received a standing ovation afterwards, alongside a thunderous applause. After the move, she founded Higher Ground Productions where she produced and starred in a myriad of films. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. 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. [103] King was having a conversation with her mother in her home when she stopped talking. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Despite this, King managed to keep up her grades and became involved in high school politics, serving as class president for two years. 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