I'm glad she got to see the end of a man who called her father insincere, part of a communist plot to undermine our values, and a leader of the "civil wrongs movement," because God wanted us to keep the races separate.
I don't know her work, I admit, but if she was anything like her father, who used religion to bring us together, instead of, (like so many who feel they can tell us what God does and doesn't hate,) an excuse to tear us apart, she well deserves our respect.
Yolanda King, daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 51
And? I don't mean to be a dick but... does the death of everyone related to someone famous get an FPP? I'm sure she was a fine person and all but plenty of nice people die every day. Like 4 year old Jasmine Owens who was shot in the head and killed Monday night. I'm pretty sure Jasmine wasn't related to any famous civil rights leaders but her death is a blow none the less. posted by MikeMc at 7:20 AM on May 16, 2007 [2 favorites]
I don't know her work, I admit, but if she was anything like her father, who used religion to bring us together, instead of, (like so many who feel they can tell us what God does and doesn't hate,) an excuse to tear us apart, she well deserves our respect.
I always found her to be a very interesting figure in the civil rights movement. She inherited her fathers legacy but refused to let anyone think for her on any issue including religion. She was a peaceful, classy lady and she will be missed. posted by BostonJake at 7:29 AM on May 16, 2007
And a separate post for Jasmine Owens, because she was just as important. Yolanda would have said so herself, and wanted it this way, and Jasmine's death was far more tragic.
For all the nameless, faceless, innocent bystanders the media is not interested in, but whose losses are just as great: these are the people, after all, Dr. King himself championed, and whom his wife and daughter embraced themselves in his legacy and as civil rights champions in their own right.
She "was a human rights worker and actress. She was a member of the Board of Directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Inc. (the official national memorial to her father) and was founding Director of the King Center's Cultural Affairs Program. She served on the Partnership Council of Habitat for Humanity, was a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a sponsor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and held a lifetime membership in the NAACP."
Normally this might not be FPP worthy, but it's worth a mention given that St. Peter will probably want to cleanse his palate after yesterday's bad egg. posted by jimmythefish at 8:32 AM on May 16, 2007
They do die in threes. First there was the pathetic wretch, Kurt Vonnegut. Then, Jerry Falwell. Now this. Really makes you wonder. posted by found missing at 9:35 AM on May 16, 2007
May she rest in peace. Why there is petty carping about her getting an FPP is a question that only the inscrutable Oracles of Mefi can answer. posted by blucevalo at 9:55 AM on May 16, 2007
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(they don't die in threes. that's a myth. okthxby) posted by ZachsMind at 10:07 AM on May 16, 2007
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