What is Christine King Farris?
{{Infobox scientist | birth_name = Willie Christine King | name = Christine King Farris | image = King-Salazar (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Farris in 2011 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|9|11}} | birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|6|29|1927|9|11}} | citizenship = | field = Education | work_institutions = [[Spelman College]], [[Columbia University]] | alma_mater = Spelman College, Columbia University | known_for = [[Civil rights]], teaching, public service | spouse = {{marriage|Newton Farris Sr.|1960|2017|end=d}} | children = Angela Christine Farris Watkins<br />[[Isaac Newton Farris Jr.]] | influences = | influenced = | prizes = | footnotes = | death_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], United States }} '''Christine King Farris''' (born '''Willie Christine King'''; September 11, 1927 – June 29, 2023) was the oldest child of [[Martin Luther King, Sr.]] and the sister of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]. She taught at [[Spelman College]] and was the author of several books and a public speaker on many topics. For many years, she was the Vice Chair and Treasurer of the [[Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site#King Center|King Center]] and has been active for several years in the [[International Reading Association]], and many church and civic organizations, including the [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] and the [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]]. King Farris held a [[tenure]] [[professorship]] at [[Spelman College]] for 48 years before her retirement in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spelman.edu/academics/enrichment/learning/academic/#farris |title=Christine Farris Bio at Spelman College |access-date=2017-12-31 |archive-date=2015-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104443/http://www.spelman.edu/academics/enrichment/learning/academic/#farris |url-status=dead }}</ref> She died on June 29, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dukes|first=Deidra|date=2023-06-29|title=Christine King Farris,