Willie Christine King Farris was an American teacher and civil rights activist, the eldest sibling of Martin Luther King Jr. She taught at Spelman College and is the author of several books, and was a public speaker on various topics, including the King family, multicultural education, and teaching.
Christine King Farris husband: Meet Isaac Newton Farris
She celebrated her 90th birthday in September and was married to Isaac Farris Sr., for 57 years, until his passing in December. She is the mother of Isaac Newton Farris Jr. and Angela Christine Farris Watkins, Ph.D., C’86, chair of the psychology department and associate professor; the grandmother of Farris Christine Watkins, C’2019; and aunt of Bernice A. King, C’85, and Jennifer Beal Fields, C’2007.
Farris’ warrior spirit has gently swayed the unmovable, which is evident by her accomplishments, receiving Spelman’s first Fannie Lou Hamer Award, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, the International Reading Association’s Teachers’ Choices Award, the Hyatt Hotels Heritage Community Service Award, and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Bennett College, She is a devoted member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The LINKS, Inc. and the National Alumnae Association of Spelman College.