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KING HOME AND EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH Martin Luther King, Jr., was raised in this home in the Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. The home is preserved as a U.S. Government historic site. |
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KING HOME AND EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH Martin Luther King, Jr., was raised in this home in the Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. The home is preserved as a U.S. Government historic site. |
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A reminder of the danger in Martin
Luther King's life is this police shelter.
Located across the street from the King home, the booth was manned with police officers to protect Martin Luther King. |
| Just down the street from Martin Luther King's family home is his father's church, the Ebenezer Baptist Church. |  |
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In January of 1957, black leaders from
eleven Southern states met at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.
The black leaders, most of them ministers, formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). The SCLC coordinated efforts to racially integrate restaurants, snack bars, motels, etc., throughout the South. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr., is buried in this
white marble tomb.
The tomb is part of the Martin Luther King, Jr., library complex, which is located close to King's childhood home and the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. |
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