Christine King Farris, the late sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., has received a rare tribute at the Georgia State Capitol
A portrait honoring teacher and civil rights activist Christine King Farris, Martin Luther King Jr.'s sister, is seen in the rotunda of the Capitol in Atlanta, Friday, July 14, 2023, where Farris lies in state. ATLANTA — — 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 Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Warnock noted that Farris, who was born in 1927, grew up in the segregated South, but he said she lived to see the country change the way King described when he said “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”That type of faith helped him win his Senate seat, he said. Other speakers recalled Farris' impeccable sense of style and her long work as an educator at Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts school for women. Farris also graduated from the school, receiving her degree in economics in 1948 on the same day King earned his degree in sociology from Morehouse College.
Farris was also a mainstay at the ecumenical service celebrating her brother’s birthday at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where her grandfather and father also preached and where Farris remained a member.
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