Historic Site
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park
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National Historic Site celebrates and pays tribute to the famous civil rights leader. The park is home to several important buildings that played a role in his life.
A great informative tour, surrounding the life and death of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
A young boy grows up in a time of segregation…A dreamer is moved by destiny into leadership of the modern civil rights movement…This was Martin Luther King, Jr. Come hear his story, visit the home of his birth, and where he played as a child. Walk in his footsteps, and hear his voice in the church…
Visiting MLK's birthplace, walking the streets he marched, and just seeing your history books come to life is what you'll experience coming here.
Full of history and very moving experience to stand in the home where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his family lived. It’s also free of charge.
You can’t visit Atlanta and not visit the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Park! Tour Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birth home and where he lived. Then pay your respects at the Eternal Tomb where Mr. and Mrs. King now Rest In Peace.
Two blocks on Auburn Avenue are now protected as a National Historic Site. They include the birthplace of the civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. at 501 Auburn Avenue, which dates from 1895, and the Ebenezer Baptist Church at 407-413 Auburn Avenue, in which he and his father were…
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