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.
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Christine King Farris’s parents: Meet Martin Luther King Sr. & Alberta Williams King
Born on 11 September 1927, in Atlanta, Georgia, Christine was the first child of Martin Luther King, Sr., and Alberta Williams King. Her brother Martin was born in 1929, and her younger brother, Alfred Daniel King, in 1930. The three siblings spent their early years in the home of their grandparents, A. D. Williams, who died in 1931, and Jennie Celeste Williams, who died a decade later.
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In her Ebony article, Christine recounted that Martin “got into his share of boyhood trouble” and found any excuse imaginable to get out of completing household chores. Christine’s decision to step forward during a church revival meeting became the stimulus for a decisive moment in her younger brother’s religious life.
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