Yolanda King: Believer

“I think blacks are definitely moving together. This is good, because in order to have any movement, you've got to have togetherness. But I also feel that because of the way society is now, we cannot get along without the white man. And the way it is now, he cannot get along without us…We've got to go to the roots of it and just change the whole society - that's why I don't believe in what some people say about having a black state and a separate black nation.”

Yolanda King

1970s

People , Way , Feeling , Thinking

“I am a 100 percent, dyed-in-the-wool, card-carrying believer in the dream.”

Yolanda King

Statement made at Ebenezer Baptist Church (January 2007) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/16/AR2007051600075.html.
2000s

Dreams

“We can throw up our hands in despair, we can write off the millions that are homeless, or we can choose to believe in a different way and we can do our share to bring that world into being.”

Yolanda King

Excerpts from speech given at UCSC's 20th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation. (January 20, 2004) http://currents.ucsc.edu/03-04/01-26/king.html
2000s

World , Way , Despair

“We today have that same power if we but choose it, but choose it we must. What makes each of us unique is the individual choices we make. There will always be doubters, those who prefer inaction. I have heard it all, but I am still a believer in the dream. I choose to believe.”

Yolanda King

2000s

Dreams

“In time, it became increasingly apparent to me that my presence in Arizona would be misconstructed by some to be contrary to the goals and tactics of proponents of the King holiday. I believe that the greater good would be served by my support of this boycott as it represents a growing national conscience…Because of my agreement with the goals of these efforts and my wish to avoid even the appearance of any difference, however much imagined, I have decided not to appear in Arizona at this time.”

Yolanda King

Regarding her choice to not go to Arizona for a play at the time of her father's holiday being rejected by voters. http://books.google.com/books?id=d7sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&dq=yolanda+king+attallah+shabazz&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Feu5Uv_lAdjgoAS314GYCQ&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=yolanda%20king%20attallah%20shabazz&f=false
1990s

Imagination , Support , Effort , Appearance