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MLK's FIrst Grandchild Born

Posted May 26, 08 7:48 AM CDT in US,  Gossip 

(Newser) – The first grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr. was born yesterday morning in Atlanta to Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Yolanda Renee King is named after the civil rights leader's oldest child, who died last year. Baby Yolanda and mom are doing fine. Her father called Yolanda “a precious gift from God.”

It's "truly the happiest day of our lives," he said. "I know my parents are smiling down from heaven.'

Source Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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Martin Luther King, Jr., at the end of the Selma March in Montgomery, Alabama, 1965.   (Magnum Photos)
In this Aug. 28, 2003 file photo, Martin Luther King III speaks during a 40th anniversary celebration of the civil rights march on Washington and his father's "I have a dream" speech in Cincinnati.   (AP Photo/Tom Uhlman, File)
In this Nov. 13, 2006 file photo, Yolanda King and Martin Luther King III arrive on the red carpet to celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial groundbreaking at the Kennedy Center in Washington.   (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Rev. Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a memorial for her sister, Yolanda King, as brothers Dexter King and Martin Luther King III look on, Thursday, May 24, 2007. King,...   (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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