The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
June 30, 2023

Christine King Farris, Last Surviving Sibling of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 95
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Civil rights leader Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 95. Christine King
Farris graduated from Spelman College in 1948 and earned two master's
degrees from Columbia University. She played a prominent role in the
Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965 and the March
Against Fear in Mississippi the following year. After her brother's
assassination in 1968, Christine King Farris established the King Center
for Nonviolent Social Change along with Martin's widow, Coretta Scott
King. In a statement honoring her legacy, the King Center said Christine
King Farris's life "overflowed with acts of service, love, and education
that inspired the world for nearly a century."


.