January 15, 1906, Portland Observer, Page 13
King's daughter featured at Nobel symposium
YOLANDA KING
(Photo Richard J Brownl
Yolanda King, daughter of slain civil rights leader and 1964 Nobel Peace
Prize winner Dr. M artin Luther King, Jr., w ill speak at the Oregon Nobel
1 aureate Symposium Feb. 24-27 on the Linfield College campus in M cM inn
ville.
Yolanda King has been in the midst o f the struggle for human rights all her
life, participating in numerous civil and human rights demonstrations and
s h a k in g before countless religious, educational, civic and human rights
organizations and institutions.
In addition to King, the symposium will feature l.inus Pauling, winner of
the I954 Nobel Prue for Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prue; Lawrence
Klein, 1980 Nobel laureate for economics; Czeslaw Milosz, winner o f the 1980
Nobel Prue for literature; and Charles Townes, 1964 physics laureate.
King w ill be a featured speaker at the symposium’s evening session on
Wednesday, Feb. 26. Among other topics, she is expected to talk about the
contributions of her father toward world peace and human rights.
On Thursday morning, Feb. 27, she will talk to students in classes at Lin
field and meet informally with students, faculty members and other interested
persons.
King is an actress and producer -director, as well as a lecturer and activist,
and she often combines all o f those activities toward reshaping the attitudes
and values o f people.
” W hile it is imperative to actively challenge the forces that deny human
bangs their right to a decent life,” she says, "one must also stimulate and alter
the hearts and minds of both the privileged as well as those who have been too
long denied Within the arts lies this power.”
Putting that belief into action, she was a founding member of Christian
Theatre Artists and has taught theatre to young people and college students
She presently serves as co-director, along with Attallah Shabazz, the eldest
child o f Malcolm X and Dr Betty Shabazz, ol N U t'l LUS, a company of per
forming artists dedicated to promoting positive energy through the arts.
NU CLEU S currently is touring high schools, colleges, churches and
communities around the country with an original production called "Stepping
Into Tom orrow."
King's film credits as an actress include the role o f Rosa Parks, (he woman
whose refusal to give up her scat on a bus triggered the movement that
ultimately desegregated the Ssmth, in King, an NBC made for-television movie.
She also played the role o f Betty Shabazz in The Death o f a Prophet, a story
about Malcolm X.
King serves on the board o f directors ol the Martin 1 uther King, Jr., Cen
ter for Nonviolent Social Change, the official national memorial to her father.
She is director of the King Center's cultural allairs program.
Her publications include "Using Television to Teach Nonviolence." in
Teachers Guides to Television, and she has authored a column for black
Family magazine
A graduate o f Smith College in Northampton, M A . King received her
master o f fine arts degree in theatre from New York University.
The Oregon Nobel I aureate Symposium, one o f only five such confer
ences worldwide recognized by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden, is
scheduled to become an annual event at 1 infield College
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MARTIN LUTHER KING III
King's son to speak
Martin Luther King III, son o f Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birth
day is being celebrated nationally on Jan. 20, will be guest speaker for the an
nual Founder's Day celebration o f Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., on
Saturday, Feb. 15.
Ihe celebration includes a cocktail function at 6 p.m,, a dinner at 7 p.m.
and the program at 8 p.m., all at the Red I ion, Lloyd Center’s Hotel.
Ihe Oregon chapter o f the sorority, /eta Sigma Omega, is adopting one
of the 1986 national themes o f the organization, "Scholarship: Our Key to the
F u tu re ." Monies raised through this evening celebration w ill go tow ard
Oregon's future scholarship programs for the M artin Luther King and Alpha
Kappa Alpha Sorority Scholarship Funds.
Attendance to the dinner and to hear Martin 1 uther King III is through a
tax deductible donation of $25 per person or $250 per table. Ticket information
and table reservations may be obtained by calling 284-5542.
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NEVER DIE.
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. lived his
life in struggle so that m illions
after him could live their lives in
pride. The struggle to achieve
equality through civil action. The
struggle he faced every day as a
man of faith. The struggle that was
recognized with the cherished
Nobel Peace Prize.
What could be more appropriate
than to designate his birthday
asa national holiday?
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