The four children of the civil rights activist noticed "something was happening". [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,". 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 . Yolanda King wrote and produced plays; gave speeches to groups that included elementary schoolchildren and Fortune 500 corporations; and acted in commercial movies. [7] King's father eventually was satisfied with the nickname "Yoki", and wished that if they had a second daughter, they would name her something simpler. Despite this, she did voice opposition to President Ronald Reagan's reluctance to sign the law establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day, her father's national holiday. Martin Luther King Jr., died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif. She was 51. [45], At 15 she was subject to controversy when she appeared in the play The Owl and the Pussycat with a white male lead. [22] King flew to Memphis, Tennessee with her brothers and mother and participated in leading a march in Memphis with sanitation workers and civil rights leaders. When she replied "Your father is going to jail so that you can go to Funtown." [63] A few months after King and Shabazz met, the pair decided to collaborate on a theatrical work, resulting in Stepping into Tomorrow. [71] She wrote "Yolanda proved daily that it was possible to smile while wreathed in sadness. .component--type-recirculation .item:nth-child(5) { King made it clear that while she had not been "endeared" to the institution, she was still "grateful" for her experience. Assassination of John F. Kennedy and Nobel Peace Prize: 19631964, Enrollment at Spring Street Elementary School and last years with father: 19651968, Immediate life after Smith College: 19761978, King holiday, arrests, and return to Smith College: 19801989, Arizona boycott and James Earl Ray retrial: 19901999, Mother's death, sibling dispute and final months: 20062007. 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. And that's how we can now commemorate his daughter. It was the first and only institution where King was not harassed or mistreated because of who her father was. During the play, she changed costume numerous times and adjusted her voice and body language when changing roles. Yolanda and Martin III sat nearby, numb with sadness. She was 51. Yolanda King was the most visible of the four children during this year's Martin Luther King Day in January, the first since her mother's death. [3] Yolanda and her mother were not harmed. The actor, speaker and producer was the founder and head of Higher Ground Productions, billed as a "gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation." 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. King served as a spokesperson for her mother during the illness that would eventually lead to her death. Yolanda King learned about racial discrimination at 3 or 4 when she was barred from an amusement park. The flag at The King Center, where she was a board member, flew at half-staff on today. [25] Her memories of her father prompted her to state that he "believed we were all divine. } 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. [39] She was active in student government and drama. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but think it might have been a heart problem. Houston is in for dust and gray skies as Texas haboob arrives, Oops! Yolanda King was born November 17, 1955, shortly before the Montgomery Bus Boycott. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. While her siblings were trying to find out what it meant, Yolanda already knew. Pennsylvania police seized gloves, flashlight from home of Idaho murders suspect [80] That same year, she also spoke at Indiana University. 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. Her death came less than a year and a half after her mother, Coretta Scott King, died in January 2006. Al Sharpton called Yolanda King was a "torch bearer for her parents and a committed activist in her own right.". At her father's former Atlanta church, Ebenezer Baptist, she performed a series of one-actor skits 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, Alabama. He had come up for the festivities, and he had two friends with him. In high school, she was president of her sophomore and junior classes and vice president of her senior class. Early on, she was aware of racism in her surroundings, especially when her father had to explain to her why she wasn't allowed to go to the amusement park known as "Funtown." Remember people with biographies & photos. 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. I don't have to try and prove anything to anyone anymore. Her mother told her not to, since her father would not want that. In a statement, Representative John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia and a veteran of the civil rights movement, said that being Dr. Kings daughter was to carry an extra burden. "[92], King attended and spoke at the Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. She also found "great irony" in President Ronald Reagan having signed a bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national holiday. She was 12 years old when Martin Luther King Jr. died. Share Memory. [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. after numerous attempts to explain the issue to her, Yolanda finally understood. I was a high-school junior when Martin Luther King was assassinated. The death comes just over a year after the death of her mother, Coretta Scott King a civil rights leader in her own right at the age of 78, of complications from ovarian cancer, and after a battle with the effects from a stroke. Yolanda King would have been 51 years old at the time of death or 59 years old today. He would be killed a scant three months later by an assassin's bullet. [116], Bernice King said it was "very difficult standing here blessed as her one and only sister. After having been a public speaker for over twenty years, Yolanda recalled her talents having "happened very naturally growing up in a house like mine". [13][14] U.S. Yolanda King Dead At Age 51 May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM / CBS/AP The King Center in Atlanta set up to preserve the legacy of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King says his oldest. [30] Four days later, she and her family accompanied their mother to Memphis City Hall on her own terms, as she and her brothers had wanted to come. The event marked 57 years since King Jr delivered. News & Notes remembers Yolanda King, eldest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She passed away Tuesday at the age of 51. The family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said. Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. Yolanda King: 'Open My Eyes, Open My Soul'. 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. Rest in peace Yoki! She debunked complacency in having any role in progression of her father's dream. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51, said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. King was born in the midst of the turbulent civil rights movement and was only an infant when the King home was bombed in 1956. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates offers a personal note on Yolanda King. All four of MLK's children . One of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement, the Rev. [102] During the fall of 2004 she played Mama in "A Raisin in the Sun" at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts at Cornell University. Her death came a year after her mother died. Death 15 May 2007 (aged 51) Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA. 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). It seems we've stood still and in many ways gone backward since Martin Luther King Jr. was alive. On December 9, 1990, she canceled a planned appearance in a play in Tucson, Arizona[75] and ignored a boycott going on at the time by civil rights groups and other activists for Arizona voters rejecting the proposal of Martin Luther King Jr. Day being celebrated there. [31], King was visited by Mrs. Kennedy before her father's funeral. 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. Joseph Lowery, one of her father's close aides in the civil rights movement. November 28, 2007 . The cause of death was believed to be heart disease. I am in direct contact with her spirit, and that has given me so much peace and so much strength.". 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. She appeared in numerous films and played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries King. She was born two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. [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. [33] Bill Cosby flew to Atlanta after the funeral and entertained King and her siblings. 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. 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 reflected "I had never read his works. 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. We cannot be satisfied with a few black faces in high places when millions of our people have been locked out." King received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, a master's degree in theater from New York University,[59] and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Marywood University. 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). "[70] In 1960, they moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where she was immersed in social upheaval. 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. "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. Klein said the family did not know the cause of death but that relatives think it might have been a heart problem. "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. 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, Actress: King. Memorialize Yolanda's life with photos and stories about her and the King family history and genealogy. Despite this, Shabazz still appeared in the state and performed in the play. She took classes taught by Manning Marable and Johnnella Butler, and became satisfied with her choice of a college. She asked her mother at this time, if she should hate the man who killed her father. To Yolanda, it seemed as if adults naturally went to jail occasionally, because all those she knew seemed to do that. [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. She became an actress, ran a production company and appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi," and as Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King.". [44] The practice of going to her father's grave on the anniversary of either his birth or assassination became an annual ritual for the King family to mourn his death. 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 has mostly been portrayed in films that revolve around her parents. (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.) [19], King, and her brother "Marty", were enrolled in the fall semester of 1965 at Spring Street Elementary School, in Midtown Atlanta, Georgia. Members of the chapter are "deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Ms. Yolanda King,'' spokeswoman Tiffany Travis said today. Thank you for her voice. Arrangements were to be announced later, the family said in a statement. 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. She was just 10 weeks old when the King family home was bombed in Jan. 30, 1956, as her father attended a boycott rally. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. The "commitment" to diverse members in the audience and the play itself, was what represented the opportunities for which King fought. King aroused controversy in high school for her role in a play. She and her mother, at the time of the bomb's detonation, were in the rear section of their home. "[117], To the time of her death, King continued to deny that her father's dreams and ideals would be fulfilled during her lifetime. Higher Ground Productions: www.yolanda-king.com, Yolanda King, daughter of MLK Jr., dies at 51. ATLANTA (AP) On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Even in her infancy, Yolanda was faced with the threats her father was given when they extended to his family. 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 King, the eldest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died in California, family friends said on Wednesday. [61] Both were worried that they would not like each other due to their fathers' legacies. The Associated Press contributed to this report. I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us, and shine the spotlight,' as my father did. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. All three of her siblings lit a candle in her memory. Father's death: 1968 Teenage years and high school: 1968-1972 Early adulthood College: 1972-1976 . [76] King and Shabazz had planned the play months before the voters of the state rejecting the holiday, and King prepared a statement which solidified her reasons for supporting the boycott. [104] She was hospitalized on August 16, 2005,[105] and was set to come home as well. Yolanda Renee King declares a call to action to mark Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday: "Although you may not be old enough to vote, you are the future." Yolanda Renee King, granddaughter of civil . Yolanda Denise King, daughter and eldest child of the Rev. Yolanda King, 51, Actor and Dr. King's Daughter, Dies By Douglas Martin May 17, 2007 Yolanda King, the eldest child of the Rev. King became a human rights activist and actress. Information about the death of Yolanda King; Cause of death: Heart Attack: Age of death: 51 years: Profession: Civil Rights Leader: Birthday: November 17, 1955: Death date: March 15, 2007: Place of death: N/A: Place of burial: N/A: Quotes. 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." 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.". [41] Her inclinations were driven to be artistic, which did not suit the political aspects of her father's life. "[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]. Positive reception came to this interview, and Yolanda was even called the "leader of the 16-year-olds" for her "calmness, her concern," and "her vision". 1894 shipwreck found in Lake Huron, confirming "powerful, tragic story" Instead, the two quickly found common ground in their activism and in their positive outlook towards the future of African-Americans. "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. [114] She was 51. She allowed me to give myself permission to be me." . 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. 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." May 16, 2007 / 5:32 AM Her paternal grandfather, the Rev. [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. King recalled that her mother had been the main parent and dominant figure in their home, while her father was often away. [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. 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. Yolanda Denise King nicknamed Yoki by the family was born Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., where her father was then preaching. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. 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). Flying bug found at Walmart turns out to be rare Jurassic-era insect 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. Leading up to her death, she was still active in the public eye. "[128] January 2008's issue of Ebony, her relationship with Rev. [114] A public memorial for Yolanda King was held on May 24, 2007, at Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary in Atlanta, Georgia. [108] After Coretta died on January 30, 2006, Yolanda, like her siblings, attended her funeral. Funeral arrangements would be announced later, the family said in a statement. "[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. [39] During a Sunday visit to Church, King was forced to stand before the congregation and explain her actions. 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 was credited with having her father's sense of humor.[1]. Born on Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, King was just an infant when her home was bombed during the turbulent civil rights era. In her teenage years, King preferred to go by her nickname "Yoki." She stated in 2000 to USA Today, that her acting "allowed me to find an expression and outlet for the pain and anger I felt about losing my father,". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. [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. Yolanda King was born on November 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. Martin Luther King Sr., refused to attend, but her mother supported her. She was 51.. The two were the same age. [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. 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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. Her career as an actor and speaker combined her father's activism with her own artistic pursuits. Legal Statement. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. Around an hour later,[113] King collapsed in the Santa Monica, California home of Philip Madison Jones, her brother Dexter King's best friend, and could not be revived. [50] King would ultimately attend Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts after graduating from high school. 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. Born 1950 and died 2007. [11] When she was 6 years old, she was saddened by classmates' remarks that her father was a "jailbird". [15], On November 22, 1963, when U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, she learned of his death at school. Her mother started to realize that Yolanda had become more aware of the possibility that her father could be killed as well. 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. She died on May 15, 2007 in Santa Monica, California, USA. 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. She received a standing ovation afterwards, alongside a thunderous applause. 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. Her family has speculated that her death was caused by a heart condition. #inline-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-93e66a4a-8c88-11e2-b06b-024c619f5c3d { Maya Angelou wrote a tribute to her, which was read during the memorial service. There was such a need, like they were looking for a miracle. Her deepest memories were the love of her father, who taught her to swim and playfully pummeled her but never spanked her. ", The Rev. 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.". "[24] King appeared in the film Selma, Lord, Selma, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches as Miss Bright. We compared notes about having gone to women's colleges and teased each other about the perceived weaknesses of our respective alma maters. Yolanda King, who lived in California, was an actress, ran a production company and appeared in numerous films, including "Ghosts of Mississippi." She played Rosa Parks in the 1978 miniseries "King." [130] During a 2009 reunion at her alma mater Smith College, a walk was done in her memory by fellow alumnae.[131]. She proceeded to read his books, and started to believe that her father had been correct all along. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who melded her father's. Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Yolanda died in May. She went to drama school, where was active in student counsels, and in 1976, she graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts in Drama and African American Studies. S. Oliver Lang/AFP/Getty Images Yolanda died in January 2006 possibility that her came. 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