OBSTACLES FACED 1. :Yolanda lived her whole childhood in the middle of the civil rights revolution. 2. Her father father died when she was at the age of 12. 3. She was raised in a racist southern state.4. When she was 6 years old, she was bullied in school because her father went to jail.5. While she was in high school, she faced many tragedies such as her uncle dying and her grandmother getting murdered. Yolanda King faced many obstacles in life.

SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS: 1. Yolanda King appeared in 10 separate movies.2. Yolanda King also was a writer and wrote a couple of books.3. She graduated from smith college with a bachelors degree in theatre and African American studies.4. As a teenager in school she became a good class leader.5. Yolanda King would speak in front of thousands of people.

PERSONAL QUALITIES: Yolanda has great leadership and is very trustworthy. She is very brave about what she does like speaking in front of large crowds of people. Yolanda has a lot of patience too. Yolanda is very joyful and has great humor. She is very caring about people. Another quality is that she is determined about what she does for her career.

TIME PERIOD: Yolanda King was born November 17,1955 in Montgomery Alabama. This is where she grew up as a child. Later she died on May 15,2007 in Santa Monica California.

TIMELINE: Earlier childhood, 1955-1963. Death of Father, 1968. Teenage years, 1968-1972. College, 1972-1976. Arrested, 1986. 1991, Arizona Boycott. Mother's Death, 2005. Death, 2007.

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