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Jun 29, 2023 · Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and wrote two children’s books on the civil rights leader’s life, died June 29 in Atlanta. She was 95.
Jul 14, 2023 · By SUDHIN THANAWALA. Published 2:26 PM PDT, July 14, 2023. ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid tribute Friday at the Capitol to the late Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Farris’ casket lay under the building’s ...
Jun 29, 2023 · Christine King Farris, sister of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., speaks at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall August 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. during the 50th ...
Jun 29, 2023 · Farris was born Willie Christine King on Sept. 11, 1927, in Atlanta. She was the first child of the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine Williams King. Farris helped Coretta Scott King build The King Center and helped to teach Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance. For years, her regal, dignified presence ...
Jun 30, 2023 · Farris was born Willie Christine King on Sept. 11, 1927, in Atlanta. She was the first child of the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine Williams King.
Jun 30, 2023 · Christine King Farris’s legacy . Farris was the oldest child in the King family, born 16 months before her legendary brother. As King rose to become the leader of the civil rights movement ...
Jun 29, 2023 · “Christine King Farris is an iteration of the American dream. She was born Willie Christine King, the oldest daughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King, in the 1920′s ...
