After graduating from Knox College in Illinois, Naja Woods started her journalism career in 2019 as a producer at ABC57 News in South Bend.
INDIANAPOLIS —- The spirit of Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. lives on in communities across the country. On Saturday that spirit came to Indy, in the form of King’s granddaughter, 16-year-old Yolanda Renee King.The activist and author is a living legacy as the only grandchild of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King.
“I do work in a lot of black spaces, a lot of black poetry spaces but I’m also working as an activist of people that don’t look like me,” explained Briscoe-Beuoy. “I’m so excited that I get to help someone who’s so closely related to someone who made such a big change in our community.” The goal of both girls was to inspire other young people, no matter their age. “I’m trying to see greatness passed on through generations to be honest.
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