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Jan 15, 2024 · Today many people are honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., including his first and only grandchild. Yolanda Renee King is 15 years old. She never met her grandfather.
Jan 15, 2022 · Her grandfather’s birthday officially became a federal holiday in 1986 — the third Monday in January honors King, who would have been 93 years old this year. “MLK Day is not a day off,”...
Mar 24, 2018 · Nine-year-old Yolanda Renee King invoked the famous words of her grandfather Martin Luther King, Jr. – and gave them a 2018 twist – as she spoke to the tens of thousands of protesters...
Jan 2, 2024 · 15-year-old Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on her family's legacy in her first children's book, "We Dream a World."...
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The socially engaged 15-year-old has been sharing her message to large crowds for years, including one not long ago at the March on Washington with her mom and dad, Marting Luther King III....
Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an activist for African-American rights and first-born child of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who pursued artistic and entertainment endeavors and public speaking. Her childhood experience was greatly influenced by her father's highly public activism.
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Jan 4, 2024 · Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is alive and well as his only grandchild has picked up the torch to continue bringing about change. Yolanda Renee King sat down with Nate Burleson and his co-hosts from CBS Mornings to talk just how she is continuing her family’s legacy and about her new children’s book, “We Dream a World”.
