Yolanda King

I know that no matter what is said about Martin the King Jr., what he contributed, what he gave, what he meant,…

— Yolanda King

My father was bigger than life, an entity and everyone expected us, as his offspring, to be saintettes, these little carbon copies.

— Yolanda King

Til I was about eight or nine, I had no awareness he was anybody special. Since all our friends were in the…

— Yolanda King

At 16, I went to Smith College in Massachusetts and that was right after the peak of the civil-rights movement and all…

— Yolanda King

I try to understand people who do violence. I try to understand what they are feeling and experiencing.

— Yolanda King

I wrote my first play when I was eight. It was about a queen, and I - of course! - was the…

— Yolanda King

I am an artist with very strong social and political concerns.

— Yolanda King

I have such strong memories of my Daddy.

— Yolanda King

What we need to do is learn to respect and embrace our differences until our differences don't make a difference in how…

— Yolanda King

A feeling of self worth is the best accomplishment we can foster in our prisons.

— Yolanda King

We must celebrate difference until difference doesn't make a difference in the way we treat each other.

— Yolanda King

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

You see, for the most part it was a normal upbringing. Sure, there was the Nobel Peace award; sure, there were people…

— Yolanda King

To do peace, you must get up off your apathy.

— Yolanda King

My mother supported me from the beginning and never said you should be an activist or civil rights leader or minister.

— Yolanda King

As soon as people heard me speak, they would compare me to my father. My siblings had the same kind of pressure.

— Yolanda King

I know in my heart the dream will be realized. I choose to believe. And choosing is a powerful thing. It's available…

— Yolanda King

The civil rights movement was not a mirage... It was live and in living color.

— Yolanda King

Broadway musicals like 'Ain't Misbehavin',' 'Eubie' and 'Bubblin' Brown Sugar' depict blacks having a light, wonderful time and that was just not…

— Yolanda King

Black youth, in general, have no understanding of our past. Young black people who don't know who Martin Luther King Jr. was,…

— Yolanda King

I will never grow up. Everyone wants to tell me how to live my life.

— Yolanda King

Through the arts, you can impact upon people's attitudes, values, and understandings.

— Yolanda King

To really involve yourself in transforming yourself. That's the work that I'm really focused on through my company, Higher Ground Productions, is…

— Yolanda King

We've not reached the promised land. We're still wandering around, bumping into each other in the wilderness of ignorance and hate. That…

— Yolanda King

When you say 'the man of the house,' the black woman has been the woman and the man of the house, because…

— Yolanda King