Christine King Farris, Civil Rights Activist And Sister Of Martin Luther King Jr., Dead

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. on the 28th of August, 1963. {Photo by: Rowland Scherman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons}

Christine King Farris, the older sister of Martin Luther King Jr., and civil rights activist in her own right, passed away Thursday at age 95, the King Center announced.

King Farris died peacefully and surrounded by family in Atlanta, FOX5 Atlanta reported.

“The King Center joins the King and Farris families, Civil Rights activists, the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church family, academic family, and people of goodwill worldwide in celebrating the life of our servant leader, founding board member, former Vice-Chair & Treasurer, activist educator, and family matriarch, the beloved Dr. Christine King Farris,” the center posted on social media. 

King Farris played an active part in nonviolent demonstrations during the Civil Rights Movement, including the Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights in 1965 and the March Against Fear in Mississippi in 1966.

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