Graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1944
Graduated from Spelman College with B.A. in Economics in 1948
Graduated from Columbia University with her M.A. degree in the social foundations of education in 1949 and later earned a second M.A. degree from Columbia University in special education.
In 1950, began teaching a seventh-grade reading class at W.H. Crogman Elementary School in Atlanta, GA.
In 1958, Farris was hired as director of the freshman reading program at Spelman College, and eventually became director of the Learning Resources Center, a position she held until 2014 making her the longest-serving Spelman faculty-member.
In 1965, when her brother, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., led the campaign to vote in Selma, Alabama, Farris sang at the opening rally on the day they departed for Montgomery.
Served as the treasurer and taught workshops on nonviolence for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.
Founder of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Child Development Center.
Helped establish the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Site in 1980, at the suggestion of President Jimmy Carter
Author of three books: “My Brother Martin: A Sister Remembers Growing Up with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” “Through It All: Reflections of My Life, My Family, and My Faith,” and “March On! The Day My Brother Martin Changed the World.”
Source: Spelman College, TheHistoryMakers