Yolanda King's career proved equally successful as she used both entertainment and oratory to advance her family's message. His youngest two children, Esther and Vernon, were vacationing with King and her family in Jamaica when they heard of his death. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. She was an actress and writer, known for King (1978), JAG (1995) and Hopscotch (1980). Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. Her mother tried to debunk this, insisting that they would still get it. [19], King, and her brother "Marty", were enrolled in the fall semester of 1965 at Spring Street Elementary School, in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. "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. accessed ), memorial page for Yolanda Denise King (17 Nov 1955-15 May 2007), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19405381; . Bernice King at Yolanda King Memorial May 24, 2007 DryerBuzz An Original Digital 2.67K subscribers 309K views 15 years ago When Bernice brings the word, let's just say the word is delivered.. Ric Feld/AFP/Getty Images She was 12 when her father was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz Gamilah was born in 1964, the year before her dad's death. Her career as an actor and speaker combined her father's activism with her own artistic pursuits. Suzan Johnson Cook was highlighted in an article written by the minister, as she dubbed her deceased longtime friend a "queen whose name was King". "[100] While in Dallas in March 2004, King related; "It's only in the past half-dozen years or so that I have felt comfortable in my own skin. Many former classmates of both Grady High School and Smith College attended to remember her. She appeared in numerous films and played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries King. Martin Luther King Jr., died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 51. hide caption, Yolanda King, shown here in a 2005 photograph, sought to encourage "personal growth and positive social change.". Death photos of Yolanda King Seeing Spots May 24, 2007 1 2 Next Seeing Spots Joyful Woman! King recalled that her mother had been the main parent and dominant figure in their home, while her father was often away. Al Sharpton called Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right.". [57] Her mother's support helped in starting her acting career. She ran out of the room, screamed "I don't want to hear it,"[24] and prayed that he would not die. 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. 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. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength." Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. 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. hide caption. [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. 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. Yolanda died in May. Yolanda King was born November 17, 1955, shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. "[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. 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. Members of the chapter are "deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Ms. Yolanda King,'' spokeswoman Tiffany Travis said today. [129] On May 25, 2008, her brother Martin Luther III and his wife, Arndrea, became the parents of a baby girl and named her Yolanda Renee King, after King herself. [108] After Coretta died on January 30, 2006, Yolanda, like her siblings, attended her funeral. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, has died. Wage growth is slowing. I watched as the four King children grew into adulthood, then middle age, all single. Being a busy woman, her brother merely treated it as one of her hectic schedules. All four of MLK's children . 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. 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. I dream things that never were and say why not?". "[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. 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). 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. Her death came less than a year and a half after her mother, Coretta Scott King, died in January 2006. [18] In 1964, upon learning her father would receive the Nobel Peace Prize, she asked her mother what her father was going to do with the money he was receiving in addition to the award. We must cease our premature celebration [about civil rights already achieved] and get back to the struggle. Bernice A. She did not understand, and asked her mother Coretta why she was not able to go. [85] In October, she uttered her belief that her father's dream of integration was not fully understood. I remember listening to the news, in disbelief, in the twilight hours of April 4, 1968. She stated that her father had a "magnificent dream", but admitted that "it still is only a dream. King became a human rights activist and actress. (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.) ", "Yolanda never wavered from a commitment to nonviolent social change and justice for all," he said. 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. 225 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. [52] With her death, the only remaining members of King's father's immediate family were her grandfather Martin Luther King, Sr. and aunt Christine King Ferris. [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 asked her mother at this time, if she should hate the man who killed her father. 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. However, her father reassured her as she began to cry that she was "just as good" as anyone who went to Funtown, and that, one day in the "not too distant future", she was going to be able to go to "any town" along with "all of God's children". [80] That same year, she also spoke at Indiana University. I was just someone who loved someone, and I knew he had done great things and now people didn't appreciate it." Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died in California, family friends said on Wednesday. [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. Higher Ground Productions: www.yolanda-king.com, Yolanda King, daughter of MLK Jr., dies at 51. display: block; Like Jackie Kennedy before her, Coretta Scott King sat still and composed as all around her wept. 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. She was also on the student council. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". [25] Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. The head of the school was Walt Roberts, father of the actors Eric and Julia Roberts. [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]. 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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. "Daughters of M.L. She was 51. At her father's former Atlanta church, Ebenezer Baptist, she performed a series of one-actor skits on King Day this year that told stories including a girl's first ride on a desegregated bus and a college student's recollection of the 1963 desegregation of Birmingham, Ala. She also urged the audience at Ebenezer to be a force for peace and love, and to use the King holiday each year to ask tough questions about their own beliefs on prejudice. All rights reserved. [81] In October, King gave support for a Cabrini-Green family that wants to escape the violence, and a fundraiser for their cause. Yolanda was an advocate for racial and social justice, workers' rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and general nonviolence. Houston is in for dust and gray skies as Texas haboob arrives, Oops! Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King's Daughter, Dies By Douglas Martin May 17, 2007 Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. 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. Martin Luther King Jr. 's eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through acting and motivational speaking, has died. Yolanda King was the founder and head of Higher Ground Productions, billed as a "gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation." She was the godmother of acclaimed actress RaVen Larrymore Kelly. 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. Yolanda King is seen in a 2006 file photo. "[128] January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. King outlived her mother by only 16 months, succumbing to complications related to a chronic heart condition on May 15, 2007. Born in 1955 in Montgomery, Ala., King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. } Dexter King said of his sister, "She gave me permission. }, First published on May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM. That decade saw King's acting career take off as she appeared in ten separate projects, including Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Our Friend, Martin (1999) and Selma, Lord, Selma (1999). Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. They look at me when I'm talking as if this is science fiction. Search instead in Creative? 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. [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. The loss has not gotten easier in 50 years, but his three surviving children each bear it on their own terms. [20] Soon thereafter, they would be joined by their younger brother Dexter. 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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. ", As an actress, she appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi," and even played civil rights heroine Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King.". [3] Yolanda and her mother were not harmed. 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. Anyone can read what you share. Death of Yolanda King. [4] Despite this, the front porch was damaged and glass broke in the home. During the course of her lifetime, King's name was mispronounced to the point that it bothered her. On May 15, 2007, she told her brother Dexter that she was tired. Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images But acting, I could be zany, silly, sometimes the foolish person that I am. 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. #inline-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d ~ .item:nth-child(5) { The movement was in her DNA. 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. Thank you for her voice. [36] She did admit that, had he lived or he been listened to more, "we would be in a far better place. She was closest to my age, so while the adults worried aloud about what King's assassination would mean for the future of the civil rights movement, I wondered about the future of Yolanda and her siblings. 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. After the move, she founded Higher Ground Productions where she produced and starred in a myriad of films. She then toured the country with the Christian Theater Artist Company, which she helped found. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. [35], In regards to the possibility that her father could have been saved, King said she doubted that her father could have lived much longer given all the stress he had during his tenure as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. 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. She made lifelong friends while in the institution that would collectively be called the "Grady Girls". As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. . She portrayed Rosa Parks, who sparked the civil rights movement by refusing to give up her bus seat in a miniseries, King (1978), and Betty Shabazz, the wife of Malcolm X, in Death of a Prophet (1981). In 1960, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she was immersed in social upheaval. Joseph Lowery, one of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement. [41] Her inclinations were driven to be artistic, which did not suit the political aspects of her father's life. Death 15 May 2007 (aged 51) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Showing Editorial results for yolanda king. 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 . The four King children gathered at the February 2006 funeral of their mother, Coretta Scott King. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism. She wrote her first play at 8, and her mother sent her to acting school the next year. Death . King; two brothers, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King; and an extended family. display: none; [16] She predicted at that time that all of the "Negro leaders" would be killed and the non-leading African-Americans would agree to segregation. [58] Despite some early opposition to acting that she received during her controversial play in high school, King still tried to get roles and actively tried performing. In the 1990s, she supported a retrial of James Earl Ray and publicly stated that she did not hate him. And that's how we can effectively commemorate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.". 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. A young cousin who lived in Atlanta and had worked on the Carter campaign had stopped by during inauguration week. "[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. [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. 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. The only reason why Black History Month was created and still exists is because America is still struggling and trying to come to grips, come to terms with the diversity of its people. She originally wanted $8,000, but negotiated down to $6,500. Yolanda King was born on November 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. <img src="http://members.cox.net/jnashatty/P1020216.jpg" height=450 width=600> Her deepest memories were the love of her father, who taught her to swim and playfully pummeled her but never spanked her. A few days later, we were glued to the television as we watched his funeral. [24], On May 15, 2007, King told her brother Dexter, that she was tired, though he thought nothing of it because of her "hectic" schedule. [50] King would ultimately attend Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts after graduating from high school. 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. She was also on the board of the King Center. In life, she said, I had to be prim and proper and poised the King daughter. Yolanda King learned about racial discrimination at 3 or 4 when she was barred from an amusement park. [106] She became a spokesperson for the American Heart Association after her mother's stroke, promoting a campaign to raise awareness about strokes. 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story" 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. [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. Blame the Federal Reserve. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. 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. [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. 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. 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. Bernice King, Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III. During the play, she changed costume numerous times and adjusted her voice and body language when changing roles. [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. The Tragic 2007 Death Of Martin Luther King's Eldest Child, Yolanda King. 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.". [17] For Christmas 1963, King and her siblings accepted a sacrificial Christmas as appealed by their parents and only received a single gift. [28] Her educational accomplishments continued when she earned a Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 1979 (via Stanford). She was 51. [33] Bill Cosby flew to Atlanta after the funeral and entertained King and her siblings. In 1974, an apparent madman fired a gun in the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and killed her grandmother Alberta Williams King. She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. Despite this, King managed to keep up her grades and became involved in high school politics, serving as class president for two years. Her paternal grandfather, the Rev. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. [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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