On what would have been the late civil rights icon’s 93rd birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.’s 13-year-old granddaughter Yolanda Renee King proudly stood in his place, speaking out to a crowd of supporters and actively calling for all of us to continue the work her grandfather started.
Maya Eaglin of NBC News reported that “the granddaughter of King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, is using her voice this MLK Day to call attention to the importance of voting rights and why younger generations should be involved with the fight.”
In an interview with NBC News, King said, “My family and I have been working on getting two major bills passed that can make it easier for people to vote because one of the fundamental rights is the right to vote. Everybody needs to have access to voting.”