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Author Talk with Yolanda Renee King

Season 2024 Episode 2 | 29m 59s

PBS Books sits down with Author Yolanda Renee King and Illustrator Nicole Tadgell to discuss Miss King’s debut book Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King: We Dream a World. In We Dream A World, Yolanda Renee King discusses her family legacy and her vision for the future of young change-makers.

Aired: 01/29/24
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