Christine King Farris Remembers Brother Martin

Salute to Greatness Awards Gala 2019
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It was inside Freedom Hall, at the King Center, that I spotted Dr. Christine King Farris. The only sister, and only surviving sibling, of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was sitting at a table with family and friends. She sat quietly as everyone else clammered for pictures and conversation. The Dream Forward Awards ceremony had just concluded when I approached Dr. Farris. She smiled graciously as she remembered her brother Martin.