It's often hard for young people to understand the fear and terror so many people felt and how bold they were to get involved in the marches. "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other," said Yolanda, urging those who honor the Kings' work to question their own beliefs on prejudice and be a personal force for peace and love. The family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said. On her company's Web site, King described her mission as encouraging personal growth and positive social change. 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. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Coretta Scott King began to decline in health after suffering a stroke in August 2005. 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 appeared in numerous films and played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries King. Trending News King; two brothers, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King; and an extended family. The two were the same age. Sometime after Martin Luther King's assassination, King told her mother "Mom, I'm not going to cry because my dad is not dead. 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.". A few days later, we were glued to the television as we watched his funeral. She was a reserved and quiet person who loved acting. 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. She stroked her youngest child, Bernice, as the preschooler raised sad eyes to her mother and looked around in wonder at all the strangers in the church that had been home to three generations of Kings. 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 allowed me to give myself permission to be me." hide caption. She was 51.. "[24] King appeared in the film Selma, Lord, Selma, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches as Miss Bright. Supervisor Kenneth Hahn said to King that he "sensed I was in the presence of a great man when I met your father. 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 is survived by her sister, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through acting and motivational speaking, has died. 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. In January 2004, King referred to her father as a king, but not as one who "sat on a throne, but one who sat in a dark Birmingham jail. The next year, Ms. Kings uncle A. D. King, her fathers sole brother, accidentally drowned. [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. [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]. [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. She played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King" and appeared in "Ghosts of Mississippi" a drama based on the true story of a white supremacist accused of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers (via NPR). For a nation that prides itself on liberty, justice and equality for all, this is totally unacceptable. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who melded her father's. I watched as the four King children grew into adulthood, then middle age, all single. 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. 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. The Associated Press contributed to this report. Even in her infancy, Yolanda was faced with the threats her father was given when they extended to his family. 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. Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King's Daughter, Dies By Douglas Martin May 17, 2007 Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. 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. The statement was made while she was in the presence of 800 people who gathered to honor her father at the Everett Theatre. [125] She stated at the Chicago's Out and Equal Workplace Summit in 2006 "If you are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender, you do not have the same rights as other Americans, you cannot marry, you still face discrimination in the workplace, and in our armed forces. She complimented her mother on her achievements and her mother spoke of her in a positive light, as well. Martin Luther King Sr., refused to attend, but her mother supported her. King became a human rights activist and actress. Showing Editorial results for yolanda king. The pair performed in around 50 cities a year and did lectures together, typically in school settings. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. On May 15, 2007, she told her brother Dexter that she was tired. 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? To Yolanda, it seemed as if adults naturally went to jail occasionally, because all those she knew seemed to do that. [85] In October, she uttered her belief that her father's dream of integration was not fully understood. } 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story" In the 1990s, she supported a retrial of James Earl Ray and publicly stated that she did not hate him. [71] 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. Martin Luther King Jr. 's eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, has died. She also appeared in Ghosts of Mississippi and founded a production company called Higher Ground Productions. ", during a celebration that marked what would have been her father's sixty-fourth birthday. You can help our automatic cover photo selection by reporting an unsuitable photo. But after finishing her sophomore year and returning home so she could work over the summer, her grandmother Alberta Williams King was killed on June 30, 1974. Ms. King was 12 on April 4, 1968, when she heard a news bulletin on television saying her father had been assassinated in Memphis. 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. 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. Like Jackie Kennedy before her, Coretta Scott King sat still and composed as all around her wept. By the time she was an adult, she had grown to become a supporter of gay rights and an ally to the LGBT community, as was her mother. There, she gave a speech and made references to her past difficult experiences when first coming to the college. While her siblings were trying to find out what it meant, Yolanda already knew. Yolanda King, shown here in a 2005 photograph, sought to encourage "personal growth and positive social change." 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. From left: Dexter King, the Rev. King cried when she found out her father had been imprisoned. 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. ", The Rev. Her mother, Coretta Scott King, died last year. She was credited with having her father's sense of humor.[1]. Yolanda Denise King was an African-American activist, actress and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King. A young cousin who lived in Atlanta and had worked on the Carter campaign had stopped by during inauguration week. Yolanda King: 'Open My Eyes, Open My Soul'. She just moved upstairs." Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. King and Kelly starred in three films together, HBO's "America's Dream" starring Danny Glover and Wesley Snipes, award-winning period film "Odessa," that deals with racial unrest in which King gives a stellar performance as a nanny who lost her son to racial violence, and in Rob Reiner's film "Ghosts of Mississippi" about the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers starring Whoopi Goldberg and Alec Baldwin, King and Kelly played the adult and child versions of Reena Evers. [3] Yolanda and her mother were not harmed. He added she was "thoroughly committed to the movement and found her own means of expressing that commitment through drama. [81] In October, King gave support for a Cabrini-Green family that wants to escape the violence, and a fundraiser for their cause. 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. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. [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. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Search instead in Creative? Martin Luther King Jr. 's eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through acting and motivational speaking, has died. November 17, 1955 - May 15, 2007 Santa Monica, California | Age 51 Daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., dies . "[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. [57] Her mother's support helped in starting her acting career. Bernice A. 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. 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. <img src="http://members.cox.net/jnashatty/P1020216.jpg" height=450 width=600> "[70] [111] She spoke on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2007 to attendees at the Ebenezer Baptist Church and stated: "We must keep reaching across the table and, in the tradition of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, feed each other,". None of them have children, and there will be no third generation of Kings to carry on Martin Luther King's legacy. And that's how we can now commemorate his daughter. [66], She showed dissatisfaction with her "generation" on January 20, 1985, and referred to them as being "laid-back and unconcerned", and "forgetting the sacrifices that allowed them to get away with being so laid-back". Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. She reflected "I had never read his works. 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.. She wrote her first play at 8, and her mother sent her to acting school the next year. 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. 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, from your one and only, I thank you for being a sister and for being a friend." "[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. Her teenage years were filled with more tragedies, specifically the sudden death of her uncle Alfred Daniel Williams King and the murder of her grandmother, Alberta Williams King. 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, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father. Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King, Dexter Scott King, the Rev. Gamilah Lumumba Shabazz Gamilah was born in 1964, the year before her dad's death. The actual cause of her death was not determined. [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. Being the oldest, she had to watch her three younger siblings; Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King and referred to the three as independent when she watched them whenever their mother went out of town. [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. Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect [24] In February 1982, King was a speaker during the centennial of Anne Spencer's birth. All four of MLK's children . [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. Maybe when I'm older I won't be able to stand Yoki, but Yolanda sounds so formal!" Death of Yolanda King. 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. 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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. She became a secondary caregiver to her younger siblings. He may be dead physically, and one day I am going to see him again".[43]. Their play Stepping into Tomorrow was praised by supervisors as being "entertaining and enlightening." Thank you for her voice. [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'. [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. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". King was cremated,[115] in accordance with her wishes. She died on May 15, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA. [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. She wore the mantle of princess, and she wore it with dignity and charm," Lowery said. On January 15, 1997, she spoke at Florida Memorial College and expressed what she believed her father would feel if "he knew that people were taking a day off in his memory to do nothing". 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. In 1960, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she was immersed in social upheaval. Her educational accomplishments continued when she earned a Master of Fine Arts from New York University in 1979 (via Stanford). I was just someone who loved someone, and I knew he had done great things and now people didn't appreciate it." I remember thinking she was sparkly a good, throaty laugh, good sense of humor, the ability to dramatically capture the room's attention. "[37] King openly stated years later that she did not hate James Earl Ray.[38]. On her company's Web site, she described her mission as encouraging personal growth and positive social change. "[72] But acting, I could be zany, silly, sometimes the foolish person that I am. Marty was quieter, but he tossed in a quip or two when he could manage to get a word in edgewise. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Jesse Jackson stated that King "lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle. Death photos of Yolanda King Seeing Spots May 24, 2007 1 2 Next Seeing Spots Joyful Woman! [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. Ms. Kings consistent goal was to infect her work, including her films, with her familys deeper purposes. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. [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]. [24] She began speaking publicly at the age of ten and even filled in for her parents on occasion. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. [83] During July 1993, she agreed to speak at the Coral Springs City Centre for airfare and a fee in January 1994. [104] She was hospitalized on August 16, 2005,[105] and was set to come home as well. The cause of death was believed to be heart disease. [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 lived with a lot of the trauma of our struggle," said the Rev. "[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. Al Sharpton, a black political leader, said he expressed his condolences to her brother Martin Luther King III on Wednesday. [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. Martin Luther King Jr. , 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 after making a speech . She felt teenagers were confused and were using drugs as a method to escape their problems. 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. May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM She was 51 King. Yolanda King: 'We will fulfil my grandfather's dream' The granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr speaks at the 2020 March on Washington. 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. The four King children gathered at the February 2006 funeral of their mother, Coretta Scott King. Higher Ground Productions: www.yolanda-king.com, Yolanda King, daughter of MLK Jr., dies at 51. She ran out of the room, screamed "I don't want to hear it,"[24] and prayed that he would not die. Being a busy woman, her brother merely treated it as one of her hectic schedules. 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. Stepping into Tomorrow led to the formation of Nucleus in the 1980s, a theater company which King and Shabazz founded. Soon after, she heard of the event when a news bulletin popped up while she was washing dishes. In honor of her father, King promoted a show in Los Angeles entitled "Achieving the Dream" in 2001. [45], At 15 she was subject to controversy when she appeared in the play The Owl and the Pussycat with a white male lead. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot loses reelection bid, Fiery train crash in Greece kills dozens, many of them students. At that time, she was also called by Andrea Young, whose own father had insisted that she should. Joseph Lowery, one of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement. [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. [11] When she was 6 years old, she was saddened by classmates' remarks that her father was a "jailbird". [5] She kept her father busy when walking on their home's floors. Death . [15], On November 22, 1963, when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, she learned of his death at school. This, and other experiences, prompted a 7-year-old Yolanda to tell her friends (via Stanford), "Look, all I want is to just be treated like a normal child.". Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The Tragic 2007 Death Of Martin Luther King's Eldest Child, Yolanda King. "[92], King attended and spoke at the Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. Yolanda has mostly been portrayed in films that revolve around her parents. [41] Her inclinations were driven to be artistic, which did not suit the political aspects of her father's life. [103] King was having a conversation with her mother in her home when she stopped talking. 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. [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. [47] In response to her role in the play and her own response to the role, a man wrote to Jet predicting that she would marry a white person before she was eighteen. She was 12 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. died. [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. Summary . [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]. Her father also addressed the issue himself. [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. She made lifelong friends while in the institution that would collectively be called the "Grady Girls". Yolanda Denise King, 51, the eldest daughter of the late civil rights leader Rev. Active human rights worker. "Hey, hope you don't mind, but I brought Yoki and Marty with me," he apologized as the three swept up the stairs of my DuPont Circle townhouse. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. 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. King aroused controversy in high school for her role in a play. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. CDC warns drug-resistant stomach bug a "serious public health threat" [25] Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. #inline-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Her death came a year after her mother died. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. Yolanda King would have been 51 years old at the time of death or 59 years old today. Ms. King graduated from Smith College and earned a master of fine arts degree from New York University. Jesse Jackson, an aide of Martin Luther King Jr. "The movement was in her DNA. Heart Attack caused Yolanda King's death in 2007. "She was an actress, author, producer, advocate for peace and nonviolence, who was known and loved for her motivational and inspirational contributions to society," the King family said in a statement. [61] Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. She was an actress and writer, known for King (1978), JAG (1995) and Hopscotch (1980). Many in attendance did not know her, but came out of respect for the King family's history of peace protests and social justice. To escape their problems he could manage to get a word in edgewise when they to. 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