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The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin ...
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Delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 Washington, D.C. Civil Rights March. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, and advocated for using nonviolent resistance, inspired by ...
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [6] [7] [8] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [9] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [8] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [10]
People walk through the park and look at photos of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ernest Withers that are on display in Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Park after the re-dedication ceremony for the ...
[3] [4] The park features Robert Kelly's 30-foot-tall sculpture inspired by King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech, which was gifted to the city by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Committee in 1991. [5] Surrounding the artwork are hills offering views of Rainier Valley. [6] "Civil Rights" was added to the park's name in 2018. [7]
After the SNCC and Senator Harrison A. Williams used a set of photos by Danny Lyon to publicize the situation, [2] [3] [5] the young women were released. They did not face any criminal charges, but were nevertheless charged a fee for their use of the facilities. [3] [2] They later became known as the "Stolen Girls".