Yolanda King

Yolanda Denise King ( born November 17, 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama, † 15 May, 2007 Santa Monica, California ) was an American civil rights activist and actress, and the eldest daughter of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and died in 2006, the activist Coretta Scott King.

Biography

Her childhood was marked by the race riots in the southern United States of America. Due to the high courage of her famous father, Martin Luther King, she lived rather retired with her ​​younger siblings, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King and Bernice Albertine King. The father wanted to protect the family especially against " ill-considered " assault of his fanatical opponents, although he never his own fear against the " KKK " - the Ku Klux Klan - publicly uttered. In an interview late 1970s, she replied to the question of how she had coped with the violent death of her father, in a nutshell, that she drew from her strength to carry on his work.

Civil rights activist

From a young age she engaged herself in civil rights movements. She was also a member of the " Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc." and founder of the " King Center 's Cultural Affairs Program," as well as a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the NAACP. In addition, she received appreciations of individual American colleges and an honorary doctorate of Marywood University.

Actress

In 1978 she played the role of Rosa Parks (based on her famous father's life ) in the American television miniseries King.