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Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an American activist and campaigner for African-American rights 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. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her ...
King's other son, Dexter King, died Jan. 22 at 64, and his other daughter, Yolanda King, died at 51 in 2007. For more information, visit civilrightsmuseum.org.
King's first funeral took place on April 5, 1968, at R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis. After the shooting, King was taken by ambulance to the emergency room at St. Joseph's Hospital and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. King's closest aides contacted Robert Lewis Jr.—a local funeral director who had first met King two days prior—to retrieve the body and prepare it for viewing.
King's lasting contributions to freedom and equality have made America a better and more compassionate nation." [18] Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a statement reporting "the United States and the world have lost a champion of human rights. Mrs. King was one of the pioneers in our country's fight for equality and justice for all its ...
The first-born child, Yolanda King, died at 51 in 2007. Dr. King's other son, Dexter King, died Jan. 22 at 62. The other surviving child is Bernice King, 60, a lawyer and minister.
Yolanda Renee King, the 9-year-old granddaughter of Martin Luther King Jr., told the March for Our Lives in Washington, D.C., that she dreams of a gun-free world.
Yolanda King’s “We Dream a World” to be released in early 2024 NEW YORK (AP) — The 15-year-old granddaughter of The post Martin Luther King, Jr’s granddaughter pens a book she calls a ...
King being comforted by her mother at her father's funeral, in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph. Bernice Albertine King was born on March 28, 1963, in Atlanta, Georgia.. The day after she was born, her father had to leave for Birmingham, Alabama, but he rushed back when it was time for Bernice and her mother, Coretta, to leave the hospi