Martin Luther King III on fatherhood, legacy and letting Yolanda King find her own path

The son of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is preparing to send the civil rights leaders’ only grandchild to Columbia University and into her next chapter.

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At the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta, the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is on full display, indicating his impact stretched beyond city limits, beyond national borders and into a global class of changemakers.

Enlarged fragments of King’s speeches welcome a family of three as they walk past the entrance. Their bond is evident. A mother donning a coral wrap dress leads the procession, and a protective father closes their unit, together guarding their daughter in the center…

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