Age, Biography and Wiki
Birth Day | September 11, 1927 |
Birth Place | Georgia |
Age | 96 YEARS OLD |
Birth Sign | Virgo |
Net worth: $1.5 Million (2024)
About
College professor, author, and older sister of civil rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. She taught at Spelman College and co-chaired the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change.
Before Fame
She was born in Atlanta, Georgia. She later graduated from both Spelman College and Columbia University.
Trivia
She actively participated in such organizations as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the International Reading Association, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
Family Life
Her 1960 marriage to Isaac Newton Farris, Sr. produced two children. She suffered many family tragedies: not only was her brother, Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated, but her mother was also murdered, and her other brother drowned.
Associated With
She attended the 2006 funeral of her sister-in-law, Coretta Scott King.