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Yolanda King

1955–2007

United States

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Yolanda Denise King (November 17, 1955 – May 15, 2007) was an American activist and campaigner 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. She was born two weeks before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public transit bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

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