Martin Luther King Jr's last living sibling dies

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BREAKING: Martin Luther King Jr’s last living sibling, civil rights activist Christine King Farris, has died at the age of 95.

Farris marched from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 as well as the March Against Fear in 1966 in Mississippi, among other major civil rights movements events.

She served as a founding board member of the nonprofit organization that Coretta Scott King started after her husband was assassinated.: ‘I love you and will miss you, Aunt Christine.’ Farris was born in Atlanta and attended Spelman College, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in economics. She earned two master’s degrees in education from Columbia University. Farris taught and served as the director of Spelman’s Learning Resources Center.Get your need-to-know latest news, feel-good stories, analysis and more

 

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