Dr. King's daughter, who died today, used her career as an actress to prod, cajole and implore audiences that the best way to keep her father's dream alive was to be active fighters for peace and justice.Editor's Note: Yolanda King died today at the age of 51.
The applause was loud and sustained virtually every moment that Yolanda King was on stage performing her one-woman theatrical performance. The audience beamed with love, joy and most importantly appreciation for her. This writer did too as I sat spellbound in the first row of the Los Angeles church where King performed.
The occasion was the annual King Day celebration last year. The audience didn't embrace and idolize King solely because she was the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Most of those in the audience weren't even born when King was alive. And the applause for her wasn't solely out of a misty nostalgia for the civil rights movement. Most there had no first hand knowledge or involvement in the civil rights battles four decades ago.
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