
Isaac Newton Farris Jr. speaking to Colorado Springs, Colorado elementary school kids

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with his mother Dr. Christine King Farris participating in a Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commemorative Service at the King-Farris family church Ebenezer Baptist Church

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with his father Isaac Newton Farris Sr.

Immediate family of Isaac Newton Farris Jr. (from left to right) INF JR., his niece Farris Christine Watkins, his sister Dr. Angela Farris Watkins, his mother Dr. Christine King Farris, and father Isaac Newton Farris Sr.

(From left to right) Ralph David Abernathy III, Dr. Juanita Jones Abernathy (mother of Ralph), Dr. Christine King Farris, Isaac Newton Farris Jr.

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. and President Barack Obama laying a wreath at tomb of Martin Luther King Jr.

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. and President Bill Clinton walking to lay wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. in conversation with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at Martin Luther King Jr. annual dinner

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with Living Saint Congressman John Lewis

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with author of The Purpose Driven Life and mega church pastor Rev. Rick Warren at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the annual King Holiday Commemorative Service

Rev Dr. Cornel West with Isaac Newton Farris Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church during the annual King Holiday Commemorative Service

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with his Pastor Rev Dr. Senator Raphael Warnock Senior Pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church

(from left to right) Atlanta Falcons Football owner Arthur Blank, Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Andrew Young at Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel on Morehouse College campus

(From left to right) Isaac Newton Farris Jr., Dr. Christine King Farris. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at Morehouse College

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with niece Farris Christine Watkins
The Gandhi Foundation at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non violent Social Change, honored global humanitarian leader and spiritual master Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar with the Gandhi Peace Pilgrim award, recognizing his commitment to peace and non-violence. Gurudev was welcomed by Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., Senior Fellow of the MLK Center, and the nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. nephew; and Hon. Consul General of India, Smt. Swati Kulkarni.


Isaac Newton Farris Jr with his sister Dr. Angela Farris Watkins
Mother of Isaac Newton Farris Jr, Dr. Christine King Farris

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with former and now divorced wife Jacqueline “Jackie” Farris

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. with his cousin Rev. Derek King Sr. son of the brother to Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and uncle to Farris the Rev Dr. A. D. King
Isaac Newton Farris Jr at the White House for the 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday observance

Isaac Newton Farris Jr. cutting the ribbon to formally open the Eternal Mahatma Gandhi Museum in Houston, Texas after he gave the keynote address for the occasion From left are: Carol McCutcheon, Sugar Land City Council member; Ajit Paralkar, cofounder and trustee; Atul Kothari, founder; Dr. Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi; Isaac Newton Farris, Jr., nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr; John R. Naugle, Atlanta City of Peace; Tina Khatri, VP of TDK Construction; D.C. Manjunath, Consul General of India; Martha Castex-Tatum, Houston City Council member; Rep. Suleman Lalani, M.D., Texas HD 76; Dexter L. McCoy, Fort Bend County Commissioner Precinct 4; Barkat Charania, cofounder and trustee; Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis; Andy Icken, Chief Development Officer, Houston Mayor’s Office; Devinder Mahajan, cofounder and trustee.


Isaac Newton Farris Jr. (from left), and Ambassador Andrew Young and “King: A Life” author Jonathan Eig discuss the book and their memories of Stockbridge and the stories of Martin Luther King Sr. ‘Daddy King’ and the King family. This Stockbridge Walmart where the event was held stands on what was once a cotton field where King’s father was a sharecrop farmer. (Jenni Girtman for the AJC 2023)
‘We Shall Overcome’: Big Bethel AME hosts MLK Day celebration service

Selma Alabama March 2026 (from left) Isaac Newton Farris Jr. marches with Dawn Moore (wife of Wes Moore), Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Al Sharpton, and Farris’s cousin Martin Luther King III


