MONDAY
E-mail a friendJanuary 21, 2008
In an exclusive conversation, Christine King Farris, sister of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., reflects on growing up with her brother, adjusting to the loss of her sister-in-law, Coretta Scott King, and the meaning of the King Holiday.
Christine King Farris
Christine King Farris
Dr. King's sister discusses the impact her brother's assassination continues to have 40 years later. (4:05)
Christine King Farris is the older sister of the late civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. An activist in her own right, she's a professor in the Education Department at her alma mater, Spelman College in Atlanta, GA., and also directs the school's Learning Resource Center. In her picture book biography (illustrated by the award-winning Chris Soentpiet), My Brother Martin, Farris shows a more personal side of one of the most important figures in American history.
