https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx Yolanda King was an African–American activist and actor. The eldest child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, Yolanda was the boldest of all the children in the family. en-us 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC 2025-11-16 18:03:38 UTC hello@padlet.com 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092565 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]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092565 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092566 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. ]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092566 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092567 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.]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092567 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092568 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.]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092568 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092569 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.]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092569 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092570 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.]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092570 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092571  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'. ]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092571 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092572 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. ]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092572 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092573 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. ]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092573 16030211 https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092574 Yolanda King had died from a major heart attack. She died at the age of 51.]]> 2020-05-15 02:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/16030211/qmfghucc19u1qixx/wish/574092574