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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park

Atlanta, GA
Civil Rights Movement

Preserves the birthplace, church, and grave of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn neighborhood. The park encompasses Ebenezer Baptist Church where King and his father preached, the King Birth Home, and the King Center, providing an immersive portrait of the man who led the American Civil Rights Movement.

Counter-Narrative

The myth this site refutes: that civil rights were granted by government. They were extracted through sustained, organized sacrifice.

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