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. ", The Rev. She and her mother, at the time of the bomb's detonation, were in the rear section of their home. I was a high-school junior when Martin Luther King was assassinated. Stepping into Tomorrow led to the formation of Nucleus in the 1980s, a theater company which King and Shabazz founded. Not long after, she collapsed in the Santa Monica . Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, the Rev. Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. The pair performed in around 50 cities a year and did lectures together, typically in school settings. King cried when she found out her father had been imprisoned. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but think it might have been a heart problem. ", 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.". 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. The actual cause of her death was not determined. And that's how we can now commemorate his daughter. She received a standing ovation afterwards, alongside a thunderous applause. Death photos of Yolanda King Seeing Spots May 24, 2007 1 2 Next Seeing Spots Joyful Woman! Instead, the two quickly found common ground in their activism and in their positive outlook towards the future of African-Americans. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". King served as a spokesperson for her mother during the illness that would eventually lead to her death. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Her mother tried to debunk this, insisting that they would still get it. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. Remember people with biographies & photos. "[54] On April 4, 1975, King joined her family in placing azaleas over her father's crypt, marking the seventh anniversary of his assassination.[55]. On her company's Web site, she described her mission as encouraging personal growth and positive social change. [25] Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. ATLANTA - Yolanda King, the Rev. Yolanda died in May. Yolanda King was born on November 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. I dream things that never were and say why not?". Many former classmates of both Grady High School and Smith College attended to remember her. Her paternal grandfather, the Rev. She was 51. ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. Yolanda King's cause of death remains unknown, although her family including her sister Bernice King and two brothers, Martin and Dexter King believe a heart problem may have contributed to her death (via NPR). Family (2) Trivia (7) Daughter of Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King. She asked her mother at this time, if she should hate the man who killed her father. In 1966, Yolanda listened to a speech her father gave when he was addressing a rally. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn said to King that he "sensed I was in the presence of a great man when I met your father. / CBS/AP. [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. [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. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. 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. Yolanda was an advocate for racial and social justice, workers' rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, and general nonviolence. May 24, 2007 #1 A friend of mines sent me these photos, so I cannot verify the authenticity.I think she looks beautiful. "[24] King appeared in the film Selma, Lord, Selma, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches as Miss Bright. She was also subject to some harassment by her classmates, describing it as the "era when students were making demands and many black students were closer to the teachings of Malcolm X, or what they thought were his teachings." After the move, she founded Higher Ground Productions where she produced and starred in a myriad of films. [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. Speaking last January in Atlanta at Ebenezer Baptist Church where her father preached for many years Yolanda exhorted those observing the national holiday that bears his name to remember that America has not yet achieved peace and racial equality. 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. 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. [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. She 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. display: none; Her death comes little more than a year after the death of her mother, Coretta Scott King. 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. 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. Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Even in her infancy, Yolanda was faced with the threats her father was given when they extended to his family. 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. When asked about how she was faring following her mother's death, Yolanda responded: "I connected with her spirit so strongly. 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. FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2006, file photo, from left, the children of the Rev. [50] Garrow says his first inclination when he heard of Yolanda's death was: This is it. [121] She disliked cliches used to define her father and expressed this to Attallah Shabazz, and recalled having seen a play where her father was a "wimp" and carried The Bible with him everywhere.[122]. Ms. King was 12 on April 4, 1968, when she heard a news bulletin on television saying her father had been assassinated in Memphis. "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. [31], King was visited by Mrs. Kennedy before her father's funeral. 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 became a secondary caregiver to her younger siblings. Her career in acting kept her in the realm of civil rights. [104] She was hospitalized on August 16, 2005,[105] and was set to come home as well. This photo was not uploaded because you have already uploaded 5 photos to this memorial. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates offers a personal note on Yolanda King. We cannot be satisfied with a few black faces in high places when millions of our people have been locked out." I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us, and shine the spotlight,' as my father did. 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). When King was 16, she received attention in Jet in 1972, where she talked about what her father's famous name was doing for her life. Yolanda King: 'We will fulfil my grandfather's dream' The granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr speaks at the 2020 March on Washington. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. She was 12 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. died. 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. "[92], King attended and spoke at the Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. [24] She began speaking publicly at the age of ten and even filled in for her parents on occasion. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. 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. Their play Stepping into Tomorrow was praised by supervisors as being "entertaining and enlightening." [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. 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. [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. "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. The four children of the civil rights activist noticed "something was happening". 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. 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. The head of the school was Walt Roberts, father of the actors Eric and Julia Roberts. The next year, Ms. Kings uncle A. D. King, her fathers sole brother, accidentally drowned. 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. Dr. King was assassinated in 1968, and Mrs. King died last year. 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. All rights reserved. [17] For Christmas 1963, King and her siblings accepted a sacrificial Christmas as appealed by their parents and only received a single gift. But walking through the first part of the exhibit I felt that terror. Numerous dignitaries from around the world crowded into the dark wood pews at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church. It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. 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, 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. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. In fact, she proved that the smile was more powerful and sweeter because it had to press itself through mournfulness to be seen, force itself through cruelty to show that the light of survival shines for us all." 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. All three of her siblings lit a candle in her memory. [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. Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of civil rights leader the Rev. hide caption, Yolanda King, shown here in a 2005 photograph, sought to encourage "personal growth and positive social change.". May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM "[109] She found her mother's personal papers in her home. Legal Statement. 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." 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. [61] Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. [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]. Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. Memorialize Yolanda's life with photos and stories about her and the King family history and genealogy. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Al Sharpton called Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right.". I remember listening to the news, in disbelief, in the twilight hours of April 4, 1968. 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. She stated that her father had a "magnificent dream", but admitted that "it still is only a dream. [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. 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. King aroused controversy in high school for her role in a play. Death . King and her brother Martin III bragged about their selflessness at school. Being a busy woman, her brother merely treated it as one of her hectic schedules. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. "[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. } Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. When he did, she would play and swim with him. Her brother Martin III was born in 1957; brother Dexter in 1961; and sister Bernice in 1963. ", The Rev. "Volunteers and staff of the American Heart Association will hold the Power of Legacy dinner on Saturday evening, which will pay special tribute to King and her legacy.''. She ran out of the room, screamed "I don't want to hear it,"[24] and prayed that he would not die. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. When asked what kind of world she would like to live in, King said she wished "people could love everybody". Yolanda King's bio. Yolanda King was born on November 17, 1955 and died on May 15, 2007. [68], She celebrated her father's holiday on January 16, 1986, and attended a breakfast in Chicago with Mayor Harold Washington. display: block; Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. [114] She was 51. [79] King stressed in 1992 that love would help people make their mark on the world. She also appeared in Ghosts of Mississippi and founded a production company called Higher Ground Productions. In the early hours of May 19, 2007, King's body was brought to Atlanta, Georgia by private plane belonging to Bishop Eddie Long. He may be dead physically, and one day I am going to see him again".[43]. Besides her brother Dexter Scott King, Yolanda King is survived by another brother, Martin Luther King III, and her sister, the Rev. "Yolanda was lovely. Ric Feld/AFP/Getty Images [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 1958, Dr. King narrowly escaped death when he was stabbed in a bookstore in Harlem. 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. 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. [112] On May 12, 2007,[107] days before her death, she spoke at St. Mary Medical Center, on behalf of the American Stroke Association. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. . 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. King's mother, Coretta Scott King, suffered a stroke before her death from cancer in 2006. [82], 25 years after her father's assassination, she went to his gravesite. 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. Martin Luther King Jr., died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 51. Jesse Jackson, an aide of Martin Luther King Jr. "The movement was in her DNA. The flag at The King Center, where she was a board member, flew at half-staff on today. One of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement, the Rev. She stated, "It is entirely appropriate that you would choose to focus on multiculturalism as the opening activity of Black History Month. "[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. 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. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. 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. [63], When presenting herself in 1980 to the GSA staff members, she stated: "Jim Crow [segregation] is dead, but his sophisticated cousin James Crow, Esq., is very much alive. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. [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. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. November 28, 2007 . Al Sharpton, a black political leader, said he expressed his condolences to her brother Martin Luther King III on Wednesday. Yolanda has mostly been portrayed in films that revolve around her parents. 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. Yolanda King was born November 17, 1955, shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. 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. [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. He had come up for the festivities, and he had two friends with him. King recalled that her mother had been the main parent and dominant figure in their home, while her father was often away. "[72] "Yolanda was lovely. 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. 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.. 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. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. Yolanda, from your one and only, I thank you for being a sister and for being a friend." "[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. [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. I don't have to try and prove anything to anyone anymore. The play was directed towards teens and focused on the 10th year reunion of six high school friends. She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect Yolanda and Martin III sat nearby, numb with sadness. On April 8, 1988, King and Shabazz were honored by Los Angeles County supervisors for their "unifying" performance and message on stage at the Los Angeles Theater Center the previous night. Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. Jesse Jackson stated that King "lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle. Funeral arrangements would be announced later, the family said in a statement. [28] Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Showing Editorial results for yolanda king. ATLANTA Yolanda Denise King, the Rev. It's a dream about freedomfreedom from oppression, from exploitation, from poverty the dream of a nation and a world where each and every child will have the opportunity to simply be the very best that they can be." [20] Soon thereafter, they would be joined by their younger brother Dexter. 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). I thought of that evening often over the years, the unexpected appearance of the living children of a beloved icon. [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. Summary . King appeared on News & Notes on January 15, 2007 to discuss her. 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