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Willie Christine King Farris (September 11, 1927 – June 29, 2023) was an American teacher and civil rights activist. King was the sister of Martin Luther King Jr. She taught at Spelman College and was the author of several books and was a public speaker on various topics, including the King family, multicultural education, and teaching.
Jun 30, 2023 · Christine King Farris, the eldest sister of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., died Thursday, according to a Twitter post by her niece, Rev. Bernice King. “I love you and...
Jun 29, 2023 · Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on Thursday. She was 95. Her death was announced by her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, in a statement.
Jun 29, 2023 · ATLANTA (AP) — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday.
Jun 29, 2023 · Christine King Farris, professor emerita of education at Spelman College and Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s older sister, passed away this morning in Atlanta at the age of 95.
September 11, 1927. In a 1986 article in Ebony magazine, Christine King Farris described her brother Martin Luther King as “no saint, ordained as such at birth. Instead, he was an average and ordinary man, called by a God, in whom he had deep and abiding faith, to perform extraordinary deeds.”
Jun 30, 2023 · Christine King Farris, Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister, has died, her family and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center announced. She was 95. "As the eldest sibling of my father, Martin Luther...
