Maureen Yolanda King is the eldest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr Who is she Born November 17 1955 as Yolanda Denise King Born in Montgomery Alabama to Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott ID: 377137
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By: MaureenSlide2
Yolanda King is the eldest daughter of Martin Luther King Jr.
Who is she?Slide3
Born November 17,
1955 as Yolanda Denise King
Born in Montgomery, Alabama to Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott
King
Younger siblings were Martin
Luther King, III, Dexter Scott King, and Bernice
Albertine
KingAttended Smith College, B.A., 1976; New York University, M.F.A., 1979
Early LifeSlide4
The Owl and the Pussycat, Funny
House of a Negro, Black Hand Side, The Amen
Corner, Contributions, Mahogany, Stepping
into
Tomorrow,
etc.
1976-79: appeared in television production King
Gave several speeches fighting for many things, such as gay rights, as well as her motherCo-founded a theatre company called NucleusCareerSlide5
Yolanda King died on May
15, 2007. She collapsed in the Santa Monica, California home of Philip Madison JonesOn May 25, 2008, her brother Martin Luther III and his wife,
Arndrea
, became the parents of a baby girl and named her Yolanda, after his late sister
Later YearsSlide6
Without Yolanda King, the world would have lost one powerful person to fight for freedom and rights
Without Yolanda KingSlide7
Yolanda King possessed several qualities other human beings should and do envy and work toward to call their own as well
These qualities include strength; she had the strength to fight for what she believed in and not care what other thought of herAs well as sensitivity; she was sensitive to other people’s thoughts. For example, she fought for gay rights even though her herself was not a homosexual
Important Qualities Slide8
“
I am an artist with very strong social and political concerns”
“We
believe this is a cleverly disguised opportunity for us to grow, and we are growing to meet this
challenge”
“We
saw a genuine commitment in her life to making a difference. That commitment, that passion we must all find within ourselves”“What makes each of us unique is the individual choices we
make”“We today have that same power if we but choose it, but choose it we must”Quotes