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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 ...
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.
Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died on January 30, 2006, after arriving at a rehabilitation center in Rosarito, Baja California, Mexico. Her public funeral followed eight days later at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in her resident state of Georgia.
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.
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.
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
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 ...
Shabazz spoke at the funeral of Coretta Scott King in February 2006. She told of the special bond her mother had shared with King and Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of Medgar Evers, and the closeness she felt with the King family, especially Yolanda. Shabazz also told how she and Coretta Scott King had kept up regular phone calls after her ...