We Dream a World with Yolanda Renee King – teen granddaughter of civil rights leader MLK in conversation with Brian Clardy
12:00PM – 12:45PM
Presented by The Kentucky Book Festival and Kentucky Humanities, this program is part of the main festival on November 2.
Yolanda Renee King to speak at Kentucky Book Festival
Activist, grand-daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak, sign book at noon Nov. 2 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers
Yolanda Renee King will be speaking and signing her book at the 43nd Kentucky Book Festival at noon Nov. 2 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Lexington Green.
Her book, “We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King,” is a children’s book that focuses on the legacy of her grandparents, and the choice we all have to follow the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
Yolanda will be in conversation with Dr. Brian Clardy, professor of history at Murray State University and chair of the Kentucky Humanities Council Board of Directors.
Born to Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King, Yolanda Renee King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. She was named in honor of her aunt, Yolanda Denise King, who died a little more than a year before she was born.
At just 16-years-old, Yolanda has taken to inspiring her peers to follow in the legacy of her grandparents, following her parents in their work to realize the dream. She has passionately addressed mass gatherings in protests against gun violence, homelessness and inhumane treatment of refugees seeking asylum on the U.S. southern border. Yolanda also has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, NBC News, ABC News, and other national media outlets to help carry on the mission her grandfather gave his life for so many years ago.
Her appearance is being sponsored by Brown-Forman Corporation.
Yolanda Renee King
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light From My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King
First and only granddaughter to Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King, Jr., Yolanda Renee King is a national civil rights figure in her own right.
With inspiration from Langston Hughes and deep love for her grandparents, King shows the world that young people are strong enough to carry on their elders’ legacy while creating a new path for themselves in her latest book, We Dream a World.