As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
I was watching the news that day when the bulletin came on that my father had been shot. I prayed. I asked… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm very much in touch with my father's spirit and presence. I feel it, sense it and take much… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
I have chosen to continue to promote 'we're one, the oneness of us,' and shine the spotlight, as my father did. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
My father was not really pleased when I told him of my choice to train as an actress, when he was with… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
When you see the commitment my parents exhibited... it was not for fame or fortune. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
My father was bigger than life, an entity and everyone expected us, as his offspring, to be saintettes, these little carbon copies. — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
Given my belief that there is a divine purpose for my father's life on this planet, given the way I was raised,… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
And you don't have to be a preacher to carry on. That's why I've gone into the theater, with my mother's blessings,… — Yolanda King Copy Share Image
I know that no matter what is said about Martin the King Jr., what he contributed, what he gave, what he meant, what he… — Yolanda King Copy Share
My father was bigger than life, an entity and everyone expected us, as his offspring, to be saintettes, these little carbon copies. — Yolanda King Copy Share
Til I was about eight or nine, I had no awareness he was anybody special. Since all our friends were in the movement, I… — Yolanda King Copy Share
At 16, I went to Smith College in Massachusetts and that was right after the peak of the civil-rights movement and all the rest.… — Yolanda King Copy Share
I try to understand people who do violence. I try to understand what they are feeling and experiencing. — Yolanda King Copy Share
I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - was the queen. — Yolanda King Copy Share
What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how we are… — Yolanda King Copy Share
A feeling of self worth is the best accomplishment we can foster in our prisons. — Yolanda King Copy Share
We must celebrate difference until difference doesn't make a difference in the way we treat each other. — Yolanda King Copy Share
And you don't have to be a preacher to carry on. That's why I've gone into the theater, with my mother's blessings, and someday… — Yolanda King Copy Share
You see, for the most part it was a normal upbringing. Sure, there was the Nobel Peace award; sure, there were people coming to… — Yolanda King Copy Share
My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister. — Yolanda King Copy Share
