DID YOU KNOW HOW INCREDIBLE SHE WAS? [+] ballot by Barbara_Baby_Cakes ACTIVE Thu May 17, 07 - Sat Jul 25, 09 ATLANTA - Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s eldest child who pursued her father’s dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died after making a speech. She was 51. King died late Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., said Steve Klein, a spokesman for the King Center. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said. “She was an actress, author, producer, advocate for peace and nonviolence, who was known and loved for her motivational and inspirational contributions to society,” the King family said in a statement. Her death came less than a year and a half after her mother, Coretta Scott King, died in January 2006. Her struggle prompted her daughter to work with the American Heart Association to raise awareness about strokes, especially among blacks. Yolanda King founded and led Higher Ground Productions, billed as a “gateway for inner peace, unity and global transformation.” On her company’s Web site, she described her mission as encouraging personal growth and positive social change. The flag at The King Center, where she was a board member, flew at half-staff on Wednesday. Yolanda Denise King — nicknamed Yoki by the family — was born Nov. 17, 1955, in Montgomery, Ala., where her father was then preaching. Her brother Martin III was born in 1957; brother Dexter in 1961; and sister Bernice in 1963. She was born just two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus there, leading to the Montgomery bus boycott spearheaded by her father. She was just 10 weeks old when the King family home was bombed in Jan. 30, 1956, as her father attended a boycott rally. Neither she nor her mother was injured when the device exploded on the front porch. She was 7 when her father mentioned her and her siblings in his 1963 speech at the March on Washington: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” She was 12 when her father was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. Funeral arrangements would be announced later, the family said in a brief statement. I noticed no one addressed this incredible loss in a ballot, therefore, it gives me great nnp to do so...What are your thoughts, knowledge and/or impression of Yolanda Denise King? The only knowlege I have of her is that she was MLK Jr Daughter. She advocated for ALL people of injustices. She was a very spiritual woman. I don't know much about her to offer an opinion. Ballot #114985 : SEE RESULTS Comment: show your vote with comment?

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