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Martin Luther King Center: Center for Nonviolent Social Change
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    • rexvaughan
  • Updated By rexvaughan on September 25, 2004
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    by rexvaughan
    Perhaps Atlanta's most illustrious son is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Just east of downtown on Auburn Avenue is the house where he was born; the church which his grandfather, father and he pastored; the King Center and his tomb. Visiting here you get a good look at the history of the civil rights movement and the life of Dr. King. One of the memorable quotes from the Gandhi room in the center reads, "I have nothing to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills." Looking through King's life you see how the simple belief in non-violence changed America and cost him his life. We still have distances to go, but hopefully he will always remind the world of the power of passive resistance as a force for the truth. I can't recommend the visitor's center highly enough. The displays and his speeches on the monitore are some of the most moving things I have seen. This would be at the top of my "Must See" list for Atlanta.

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    Martin Luther King Center: Very important and recent history - a must visit!
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  • By MarvintheMartian on December 25, 2004
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    by MarvintheMartian
    The Martin Luther King Center is a well presented documentation of the Civil Rights Movement.

    It is hard to believe now that 30-40 years ago, Americans did not live equally and that people like Martin Luther King had to really fight for his and others rights.

    The Martin Luther King Center is an inspirational place to visit - if you're in Atlanta take a morning or afternoon of your time to visit this place.

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    Martin Luther King Center: Visiting the Birthplace
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  • Updated By cobrioc on July 16, 2003
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by cobrioc
    One must-see area is the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site and Sweet Auburn District, the birthplace of King and the 1960s civil rights movement. This area, just east of downtown, is the center of Atlanta's African-American heritage. It includes King's birth home and grave, Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he worshiped and preached, and the King Center, site of MLKs white-marble memorial tomb and eternal flame.

    Don't miss the Atlanta History Center. It features three parts: the history museum, which boasts the largest U.S. collection of Civil War maps, the Tullie Smith Farm, an 1845 plantation, and the late-1920s grand Italianate Swan House.

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    Martin Luther King Center: MLK's tomb
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  • By cvilla007 on February 18, 2004
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    • MLK laid to rest - Atlanta
    MLK laid to rest
    by cvilla007
    Atlanta is the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr, the non-violent civil rights activist. He was also buried here after being assassinated in Memphis, over 30 years ago. There is a history center here & also his tomb & the "eternal flame" monument.

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    Martin Luther King Center: Great Man
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  • By amybrooke on April 12, 2006
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by amybrooke
    I believe that Martin Luther King, Jr was one of the 3 best men this country has produced. He did so much for humanity in his life. This is his birth place. It's on Auburn Avenue and worth the visit.

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    Martin Luther King Center: For decades, Sweet Auburn was...
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  • By steph4867 on September 7, 2002
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by steph4867
    For decades, Sweet Auburn was Atlanta's black downtown - a city within a city where African Americans created the institutions they were excluded from by white Atlanta. Though the construction of I-75/85 in the 1940s cut the neighborhood in half, it became the hub of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s and has remained the center of Atlanta's black life and culture. Several of the neighborhood's early 20th century churches, homes and commercial buildings are in good shape, making for an excellent walking tour. One of them houses the African American Panoramic Experience, known as APEX, which has several exhibits on the area's history and a movie about the neighborhood.

    Several blocks of Auburn Avenue have been designated part of the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site, in honor of the civil rights leader who was born here in 1929. King's birthplace is open for tours. A block west is Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King preached. Across the street is the Martin Luther King Jr Center for Non-Violent Change, which has a visitors' center and exhibits on the civil rights campaigner's life and work. King's tomb is on view at the site.

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    Martin Luther King Center: very nice
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  • By orke on February 24, 2004
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by orke
    great place, 2 churches there,a small museum and his house and some other houses that r very cute

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    Martin Luther King Center: Martin Luther King Center
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  • Updated By acemj on April 27, 2004
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by acemj
    This is an educational community center with historical information on the great leader of the Civil Rights struggle in America. Personally, I have a great deal of respect for Dr. King and I would highly recommend this for any foreign visitor to the United States. You can learn of the struggles and even the shame of our past and it may help you understand out present and even our future.

    Dr. King is also buried here. In this picture, I'm standing in front of his grave, which is surround by a pool of water and an eternal flame.

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    Martin Luther King Center: The birth home of MLK, Jr.
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  • Updated By acemj on April 27, 2004
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    • Martin Luther King Center - Atlanta
    by acemj
    While in Atlanta, you can also visit Dr. King's home church Ebeneezer Baptist. I went to a lively service here once and was welcomed warmly by all in attendance, including Dr. King's widow, Coretta Scott King who was there that day.

    After church, you can visit Dr. King's birth home in the Sweet Auburn community. He was born here in 1929 and lived here for twelve years.

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    Martin Luther King Center: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR....
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  • By drolkar on August 25, 2002
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    • MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE -- the birthplace of America's foremost civil rights leader at 501 Auburn Ave. (Wheat Street in the post-Civil War era)
    This Queen Anne style residence, built in 1895, has been restored to its appearance during the years from 1929 (when King was born) until 1941, when the King family moved to another location. Other historic buildings in this area include the Wheat Street Baptist Church and Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, as well as a number of residences that formerly belonged to prominent Atlantans who helped to shape the character of Sweet Auburn. In turn-of-the-century Atlanta the district earned the reputation throughout the South of being a community in which black people could prosper.

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