The King Center and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

The King Center is a nonprofit center exhibiting MLK-related photos & artifacts. In Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, take a journey through the civil rights struggles and the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The King Center: 449 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park: 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In 1968, Coretta Scott King established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center), and it moved to its present location in 1981 adjacent to Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. It contains an outdoor memorial with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King’s crypt surrounded by reflecting pools and an eternal flame.

Inside the center building

Wife of Dr. King Jr, who started the King center

On the second floor of the building is a room dedicated to his yearly activities and accomplishments.

His nobel peace prize medal

In front of the center building.  The white structure far away is Dr. King and his wife’s tomb.

The principles of Nonviolence

Next to the pool is the eternal fire

Next to the center, across a street, is this preserved fire station building.

The road beside the fire station is the array of preserved old houses as it was when Dr. King lived on the street.

Visitors in front of Dr. King’s old house

Dr. King’s old house

Walking back to the center

Across another street from the center is Dr. King National Historical Park.

Inside the park’s visitor center has an exhibition on his life and activities.

When Dr. King was young

Getting married

Getting a job as a pastor

Getting involved in the Civil Rights Movement

The Rosa Parks incident started his involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.  And that was just the start

From then, he was a major player in all the significant movements for civil rights.

The speech in Washington DC, is the most memorable.

Other civil rights movements

His death

The carriage that carried his coffin

Preservation activities around his old home

The statue of Gandhi, who Dr. King learned about non-violence

Civil Rights Walk of Fame

Walking back to my car

Ebenezer Baptist Church, where both Dr. King and his father were pastors