SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Yolanda King

1955 - 2007

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yolanda King is the 619th most popular social activist (up from 631st in 2019), the 10,829th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,277th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Yolanda King ranks 619 out of 840. Before her are Robert Emmet, Usha Mehta, Oleksandra Matviichuk, Barbara Bush, Marguerite Higgins, and Oinikhol Bobonazarova. After her are James Meredith, Razan Zaitouneh, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Albertina Sisulu, Lepa Mladjenovic, and Aaron Swartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Yolanda King ranks 485. Before her are Sandy Allen, Alfredo Castro, Annette Schavan, Véronique Tadjo, Natalya Petrusyova, and Dana Carvey. After her are Melody Anderson, Tony Miles, Alberta Watson, Stephen Walt, Ali Bencheikh, and Frank Hoste. Among people deceased in 2007, Yolanda King ranks 371. Before her are Yelena Petushkova, Dennis Johnson, Hans Mild, Kenji Nagai, Dusty Anderson, and Bob Clark. After her are Tillie Olsen, Brad Delp, Beniamino Andreatta, Yelena Romanova, Burkhard Gantenbein, and Merv Griffin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Yolanda King ranks 10,831 out of 20,380. Before her are David Rittenhouse (1732), Katee Sackhoff (1980), Faye Grant (1957), Bill Prady (1960), Greg Maddux (1966), and Chance the Rapper (1993). After her are Rebecca Schaeffer (1967), Bebe Rexha (1989), Blanche Barton (1961), Hugh Howey (1975), Francis Hopkinson (1737), and Kenneth Burke (1897).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Yolanda King ranks 93. Before her are Ralph Abernathy (1926), Mamie Till (1921), Sylvia Rivera (1951), Martin Luther King III (1957), Dolores Huerta (1930), and Barbara Bush (1981). After her are James Meredith (1933), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861), Aaron Swartz (1986), Norma McCorvey (1947), Angelina Grimké (1805), and Jake Angeli (1988).

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