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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.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Christine King Farris, the sister of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr and a prominent activist herself, died on Thursday at the age of 95. Farris died ...
Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. For decades after her brother's assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta ...
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.
The King's first child, daughter Willie Christine King, was born on September 11, 1927. [7] Michael King, Jr., followed on January 15, 1929, then Alfred Daniel Williams King, named after his grandfather, on July 30, 1930. [8] About this time, Michael King changed his name to Martin Luther King Sr. [9]
Alfred Daniel King was born July 30, 1930, in Atlanta, Georgia.He was a son of Reverend Martin Luther King (1899–1984), and Alberta Williams King (1904–1974), the youngest of their three children (the other two being Willie Christine, born September 11, 1927, and Martin Luther King Jr., born January 15, 1929).
Farris’ casket lay under the building’s gold dome on Friday ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. The post Christine King Farris, late sibling of MLK, receives rare tribute at ...
Willie Christine King Farris (1927–2023), older sister of Martin Luther King Jr. Willy Fitz (1918–1993), Austrian football player and coach; Willy Gamage, Sri Lankan politician; Willie Gault (born 1960), American football player and sprinter; Willie Gay (born 1998), American football player; Willie Geist (born 1975), American television ...