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Yolanda King

Yolanda King speaking at the 2006 Out & Equal Workplace Summit.
BornNovember 17, 1955
Flag of the United States Montgomery, Alabama
DiedMay 15, 2007 (aged 51)
Flag of the United States Santa Monica, California

Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was the first-born child of Coretta Scott King and civil rights leader Dr. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Coretta Scott King (April 27 1927 January 30 2006 was an American Author and Activist, perhaps most recognized as the wife of Martin Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin Luther King Jr ( January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, Activist and prominent leader Her younger siblings are Martin Luther King, III, Dexter Scott King, and Rev. Martin Luther King III (born October 23 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American Human rights Advocate Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr Bernice Albertine King. Bernice Albertine King (born March 28, 1963 in Atlanta Georgia, United States) is the second daughter and youngest child of Civil

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Biography

Born in Montgomery, Alabama to Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King, King was a human rights activist and actress. Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, incorporated (the official national memorial to her father) and was founding Director of the King Center's Cultural Affairs Program. 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. Habitat For Humanity International ( HFHI) (generally referred to as Habitat for Humanity or simply Habitat) is an international Ecumenical The Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC) is an American Civil rights organization The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential Civil rights organizations King received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, a Master's degree in theater from New York University and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Marywood University. Smith College is a private, independent women's liberal arts college located in Northampton Massachusetts. This article is about Northampton in England for other places of the same name see Northampton (disambiguation Northampton ( is a large Market The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Marywood University, located in Scranton Pennsylvania, is a coeducational comprehensive residential and Catholic Liberal Arts University In 1978 she starred as Rosa Parks in the TV miniseries King (which was based on her father's life and released on DVD in 2005). Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4 1913 – October 24 2005 was an African American Civil rights activist whom the U King is a 1978 Television film Miniseries based on the life of Dr King was a spokeswoman for the national stroke awareness association.

King was an ardent activist for gay rights, like her mother Coretta. Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender social movements share related goals of social acceptance of Homosexuality, Bisexuality and Transgenderism Lesbian

Death

On May 15, 2007, King died at age 51 in Santa Monica, California. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. She collapsed at the home of Philip Madison Jones, her brother Dexter King's best friend, and could not be revived. Dexter Scott King (born January 30, 1961) is the second son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr Her family has speculated that her death was caused by a heart condition. A public memorial for Yolanda King was held on May 24, 2007 at Ebenezer Baptist Church Horizon Sanctuary in Atlanta. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. King was cremated. [1]

On May 25, 2008, her brother Martin Luther III and his wife, Arndrea, gave birth to a baby girl and named her Yolanda, after his late sister. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Martin Luther King III (born October 23 1957 in Montgomery, Alabama) is an American Human rights Advocate

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Yolanda King Dead At Age 51, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/16/national/main2811759.shtml

External links

King is a 1978 Television film Miniseries based on the life of Dr Hopscotch is a 1980 American film directed by Ronald Neame and produced by Otto Plaschkes. Death of a Prophet - The Last Days of Malcolm X is a Made for TV film from 1981, written and directed by Woodie King Jr Fluke is a 1995 film, directed by Carlo Carlei and starring Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Max Pomeranc and the voice Ghosts of Mississippi is a 1996 Drama film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg and James Woods Our Friend Martin is a 1999 animated children's educational film about Martin Luther King Jr ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates JAG (the American Military Acronym for Judge Advocate General) is an American adventure / Legal drama Television Liberty's Kids is a 40-part Animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2 ODESSA which stands for the German phrase O rganisation d er e hemaligen SS - A ngehörigen which in turn translates
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