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Yolanda King was born on this day. She was born in Montgomery, Alabama.She grew up with her younger sister, Bernice, and her two brothers, namely, Dexter Scott and Martin Luther King III

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A few white supremacists bombed their house. Yolanda was only 2 weeks old when the famous bus boycott by Rosa Parks took place in Montgomery. Few more such racist attacks made Yolanda become a determined fighter at a tender age.

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Yolanda went to Grady High School. At Grady High, she was the president of her sophomore and junior class. She received a bachelor’s degree from Smith College and then studied theater at New York University.

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Yolanda emerged as a prominent activist with strong social beliefs. Continuing from where her father had left, Yolanda became the voice and the face of the civil rights.

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Yolanda began acting professionally. She portrayed Rosa Parks in the miniseries based on her father’s life, King. She also made stage performances as part of her social activism.

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Yolanda was arrested for protesting against the South African apartheid in front of the 'South African Embassy.' She served as a member of the board of directors of the ‘Martin Luther King Jr. She was the founding director of the cultural section of the center.

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Yolanda appeared in numerous TV productions, such as 'America's Dream' (1996 TV movie), 'Our Friend, Martin' (1999), and 'Selma, Lord, Selma' (1999). She also appeared in the 1996 film 'Ghosts of Mississippi'.

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Yolanda appeared in the 'PBS' animated historical fiction ‘Liberty’s Kids.' She was also the founder of the production house called 'Higher Ground Productions.'She played ‘Mama’ in the play 'A Raisin in the Sun.

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She gave a speech at the Chicago's 'Out and Equal Workplace Summit,. She advocated for equal rights for homosexuals. She sponsored the 'Women's International League for Peace and Freedom'.Yolanda lost her mother to ovarian cancer on January 30, 2006.

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Yolanda King had died from a major heart attack. She died at the age of 51.