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.
When was Christine King Farris born?
Farris joined a delegation to Washington in 2011 when Martin Luther King Jr’s monument was erected on the National Mall and was present for the 2017 unveiling of a statue of her brother at the state Capitol. Willie Christine King was born on September 11, 1927, in Atlanta.
Is Christine King Farris AKA?
Christine King Farris was an American teacher and civil rights activist.
King Farris got her first professional job as a teacher at W.H. Crogman Elementary School, Atlanta, in 1950. The school primarily served students from black low-income households. She returned to Spelman as director of the Freshman Reading Program in 1958.
Farris held a tenured professorship in Education and was Director of the Learning Resources Center for 48 years before retiring in 2014.