{"id":1961748,"date":"2023-06-30T17:20:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martin-luther-king-jr-s-sister-dies-at-95\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T17:20:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:20:56","slug":"martin-luther-king-jr-s-sister-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/martin-luther-king-jr-s-sister-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"MLK Jr.&#8217;s sister passes away at 95."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmartin-luther-king-jr-s-sister-dies-at-95%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1961748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Christine King Farris, sister of late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., delivers remarks during the \u2018Let Freedom Ring\u2019 commemoration event, at the Lincoln Memorial August 28, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>2:07 PM \u2013 Friday, June 30, 2023<\/p>\n<p><h2>The Last Living Sibling of Martin Luther King Jr. Passes Away<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., died on Thursday at the age of 95.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The King Center Mourns the Loss of Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChristineKingFarris?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChristineKingFarris<\/a>, Founding Board Member, Esteemed Educator, Author, Activist, and Sister of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MLK?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MLK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jvf38iJk1U\">pic.twitter.com\/jvf38iJk1U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center (@TheKingCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKingCenter\/status\/1674446111153463296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>After her brother\u2019s assassination in 1968, Farris worked for decades with his widow, Coretta Scott King, in order to promote and preserve his legacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe may not have always been on the line of the march, but that was true with a lot of the heroes of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-snaps-at-civil-rights-leaders-in-leaked-call\/\" title=\"Biden Snaps at Civil Rights Leaders in Leaked Call\">civil rights movement<\/a>,\u201d Marcellus Barksdale, a history professor at Morehouse College, said. \u201cBecause of the luminescence of Dr. King and Coretta Scott King, Christine kind of got dimmed by that, but she was no less important.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Farris was born on September 11, 1927 in Atlanta and was the first child of the Reverand Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Christine Williams King.<\/p>\n<p>Farris went on to help her brother\u2019s widow build the King Center and helped teach his philosophy centered around nonviolent resistance.\u00a0For years she never missed celebrating her brother\u2019s birthday at Ebenezer Baptist church, where she was a member and where her father and grandfather also preached.<\/p>\n<p>In 1960 she married Isaac Newton Farris, and the couple had two children, Angela Christine Farris Watkins and Isaac Newton Farris Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Farris also wrote two children\u2019s books about her own life, <em>My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembering Growing Up With the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.<\/em>, and<em> March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The King Center posted to Twitter on Thursday that it mourned the loss of the founding member, who also served as former vice-chair and treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther King III also tweeted mourning her loss and saying that he, his wife, and his daughter were able to spent time with her in her final days.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAunt Christine embodied what it meant to be a public servant. Like my dad, she spent her life fighting for equality and against racism in America,\u201d he tweeted. \u201cShe defied the odds that held back too many marginalized communities \u2013 going on to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-of-joe-biden-telling-black-civil-rights-leaders-he-wont-go-all-in-on-executive-orders-to-appease-the-far-left-infuriates-progressives\/\" title=\"Leaked Audio of Joe Biden Telling Black Civil Rights Leaders He Won\u2019t Go All in on Executive Orders to Appease the Far Left Infuriates Progressives\">civil rights leader<\/a> and acclaimed author. No stranger to adversity, Aunt Christine used the tragedies of the assassinations of her mother and brother to fight for change in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Trump is heading to Pickens, South Carolina on Saturday to celebrate Independence Day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Vivek Ramaswamy asserted that if he wins the presidential election he will take the America First Agenda even further than Trump did. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy takes time to visit and speak with the people of New Hampshire. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>New Hampshire is once again the scene of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-dominating-new-hampshire-oolls-desantis-rejected\/\" title=\"Trump leads in New Hampshire polls, while DeSantis faces rejection.\">hotly contested courtship<\/a> between GOP Primary Presidential contenders and GOP voters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>BENGALURU (Reuters) -Embattled Indian edtech startup Byju\u2019s is looking for investors to sell a part of its stake in the educational institute\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) \u2013 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u2019s government on Friday asked London\u2019s High Court to stop a public\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>FRANKFURT (Reuters) \u2013 Some Deutsche Bank customers will not have access to all services this weekend as the bank completes the merger\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence legislation would jeopardise Europe\u2019s competitiveness and technological sovereignty, according to an open\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine King Farris, the sole surviving sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks at the \u2018Let Freedom Ring\u2019 event in Washington, DC. 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