Farris's stirring memoir of her younger brother ... easily and convincingly draws readers into the daily life of Christine and her two brothers, M.L. and A.D., as they listen to their ...

Angela Christine Farris Watkins and Isaac Newton Farris Jr. “Our hearts are heavy in Atlanta today, with the news that Christine King Farris has died,” Mayor Andre Dickens said in a statement.

Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday. She was 95. For decades after her brother's assassination in 1968, Farris worked along with his widow, Coretta ...

ATLANTA — Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died. Her niece, the Rev. Bernice King, tweeted that her “beloved aunt” died Thursday.

ATLANTA — Dr. Christine King Farris, a renowned educator, author, and Civil Rights activist, was lying in state at the Georgia Capitol Friday. She is one of only four Black Americans to receive ...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid tribute Friday at the Capitol to the late Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the ...

Brian Kemp and U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock were among scores of mourners who paid tribute Friday at the Capitol to the late Christine King Farris, who was the last living sibling of the Rev. Martin ...

Around 1 p.m. on Friday, a small saxophone rang out in the Georgia State Capitol during a memorial service for Christine King Farris, modulating between soft notes and booming noise. With its ...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated with additional details. When Martin Luther King Jr. died in 1968, Lester Maddox, Georgia’s segregationist governor, who despised King, and once ...

But King credited the genesis of that faith to his older sister, Christine King Farris. When they were children, a speaker at the family’s church invited anyone who was interested to formally ...