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National Historical Park of the United States This article is about the National Historical Park in Atlanta, Georgia. For the memorial in Washington, D.C., see Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. United States historic place
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park and Preservation District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
U.S. National Historic Site
Interior of Ebenezer Baptist Church, view from behind the pulpit
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LocationRoughly bounded by Courtland, Randolph, Chamberlain Sts. and Irwin Ave. (original) and Roughly bounded by Freedom Pkwy., John Wesley Dobbs Ave., Decatur St., Southern RR tracks, and I-75/85 (increase), Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates33°45′18″N 84°22′20″W / 33.75500°N 84.37222°W / 33.75500; -84.37222
Area34.47 acres (13.95 ha)13.04 acres (5.28 ha) federal
Built1929
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th and early 20th century American movements, Modern movement
Visitation624,848 (2005)
WebsiteMartin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
NRHP reference No.74000677, 80000435, 00000741[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 2, 1974 (original)June 12, 2001 (increase)
Designated NHLDMay 5, 1977[2]
Designated NHSOctober 10, 1980

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park are his boyhood home and Ebenezer Baptist Church – the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin Luther King Sr., were pastors – as well as the outdoor memorial tombs of King and his wife, civil rights activist Coretta Scott King.

The park is administered by the National Park Service and has a visitor center and museum.

History

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These places, critical to the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American civil rights movement, were originally included in the National Historic Site or National Historic Landmark listings first established on October 10, 1980. The site was expanded and designated as a national historical park through a bipartisan bill long championed by John Lewis and signed on January 8, 2018, by President Donald Trump.[3]

In total, the buildings included in the site make up 35 acres (0.14 km2). The visitor center contains a museum that chronicles the American Civil Rights Movement and the path of Martin Luther King Jr. The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change includes the burial place of King, and his wife, activist Coretta Scott King. An 1894 firehouse (Fire Station No. 6) served the Sweet Auburn community until 1991, and now contains a gift shop and an exhibit on desegregation in the Atlanta Fire Department. The "I Have a Dream" International World Peace Rose Garden, and a memorial tribute to Mohandas K. Gandhi are part of the site, as is the "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" which commemorates some of the courageous pioneers who worked for social justice.

In 2019, the National Park Foundation purchased the Life Home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Sunset Avenue, where the family moved in 1965, from the estate of Coretta Scott King and transferred it to the National Park Service for restoration before it is opened to the public as an expansion of the National Historic Park.[4]

Annual events celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January typically draw large crowds. Speakers have included presidents of the United States, national and local politicians, and civil rights leaders. Remembrances are also held during Black History Month (February), and on the anniversary of King's April 4, 1968, assassination in Memphis, Tennessee.

Preservation

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Doctor King and Mrs. King's outdoor mausoleum crypts

The Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District, an area bounded roughly by Irwin, Randolph, Edgewood, Jackson, and Auburn avenues, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on May 2, 1974.[1][5] The district included Ebenezer Baptist Church, King's grave site and memorial, King's birthplace, shotgun row houses, Victorian houses, the Atlanta Baptist Preparatory Institute site, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Fire Station No. 6, and the Triangle Building at the intersection of Old Wheat Street and Auburn Avenue.[5]

Much of the area was designated as a national historic landmark district on May 5, 1977.[2] The Trust for Public Land purchased 5 single-family homes along Auburn Avenue in the late 1970s, the same block Martin Luther King Jr. grew up on.[6][7] The Trust for Public Land purchased more than a dozen properties over the next 20 years to create a parking lot as well as a pedestrian greenway to link the King district to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Center.[6] In 2008, The Trust for Public Land acquired one of the remaining historic properties in the neighborhood, on the corner of Auburn Avenue.[6]

By U.S. Congressional legislation, the site with associated buildings and gardens was authorized as a national historic site on October 10, 1980; it is administered by the National Park Service (NPS).[8] A 22.4-acre (9.1 ha) area including 35 contributing properties was covered, including 22 previously included in the NRHP historic district.[8] The area covered in the NRHP designation was enlarged on June 12, 2001.[1] In 2018, it was redesignated as a national historical park, adding Prince Hall Masonic Temple to the protected area.[9]

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birth Home

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King's boyhood home

The King Birth Home is located at 501 Auburn Avenue in the Sweet Auburn Historic District. Built in 1895, it sits about a block east of Ebenezer Baptist Church.[10] King's maternal grandparents, the Rev. Adam Daniel (A. D.) Williams, who was pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, and his wife, Jennie Williams, bought the house for $3,500 in 1909. In 1926, when King's father married Alberta Williams, the couple moved into the house, where King Jr. was born in 1929.

The King family lived in the house until 1941.[11] It was then converted into a two-family dwelling. The Rev. A. D. Williams King, King Jr's brother, lived on the second floor in the 1950s and early 1960s.

The first level includes the front porch, parlor, study, dining room, kitchen, laundry, bedroom and a bathroom. The second level includes four bedrooms and a bathroom. The visitor center offers free tours of the house led by National Park Service rangers, but with limited availability.[12]

The King Center

[edit] Main article: King Center for Nonviolent Social Change

In 1968, after King's death, Coretta Scott King founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (a.k.a. the King Center).[13] Since 1981, the center has been housed in a building that is part of the King complex located on Auburn Avenue adjacent to Ebenezer Baptist Church.[14]

The King Center in 2016, close to the Ebenezer Baptist Church, at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.

In 1977, a memorial tomb was dedicated to King. His remains were moved to the tomb, on a plaza between the center and the church. King's gravesite and a reflecting pool are located next to Freedom Hall. After her death, Mrs. King was interred with her husband on February 7, 2006. An eternal flame is located nearby.

Freedom Hall at 449 Auburn Avenue features exhibits about Dr. and Mrs. King, Mahatma Gandhi and American activist Rosa Parks. It hosts special events and programs associated with civil rights and social justice. It contains a Grand Foyer, large theater/conference auditorium, bookstore and resource center, and various works of art from across the globe. The Grand Foyer features art from Africa and Georgia. The paneling lining the staircase is from the sapeli tree, which grows in Nigeria.

In 1990, Behold, a statue honoring Martin Luther King Jr., was dedicated near Ebenezer Baptist Church.[15]

As of 2006, the King Center is a privately owned inholding within the authorized boundaries of the park. The King family has debated among themselves as to whether they should sell it to the National Park Service to ensure preservation.[16]

Visitor center

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Courage to Lead exhibit at the visitor center

The visitor center at 450 Auburn Avenue[17] was built in 1996 and features the multimedia exhibit Courage To Lead, which follows the parallel paths of King and the civil rights movement. Visitors can also walk down a stylized "Freedom Road". The Children of Courage exhibit, geared towards children, tells the story of the children of the civil rights movement with a challenge to our youth today. Video programs are presented on a continuing basis and there is a staffed information desk.[18]

Gandhi Promenade

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The statue of Mohandas Gandhi was donated by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, India, in collaboration with the National Federation of Indian American Associations and the Embassy of India to the United States. The inscribed bronze plaque reads:[19]

Nonviolence, to be a potent force, must begin with the mind. Nonviolence of the mere body without the cooperation of the mind is nonviolence of the weak of the cowardly, and has, therefore, no potency. It is a degrading performance. If we bear malice and hatred in our bosoms and pretend not to retaliate, it must recoil upon us and lead to our destruction.

— Gandhi

Tribute to the Mahatma Gandhi was inevitable. If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable. He lived, thought and acted, inspired by the vision of humanity evolving toward a world of peace and harmony. We may ignore him at our own risk.

— Martin Luther King Jr.

International Civil Rights Walk of Fame

[edit] Main article: International Civil Rights Walk of Fame

The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame was created in 2004 and honors some of the participants in the Civil Rights Movement. The walk along the Promenade, includes footsteps, marked in granite and bronze. According to the National Park Service, the Walk of Fame was created to "pay homage to the "brave warriors" of justice who sacrificed and struggled to make equality a reality for all." The new addition to the area is expected to enhance the historic value of the area, enrich cultural heritage, and augment tourist attractions.

The Walk of Fame is the brainchild of Xernona Clayton, founder and executive producer of the renowned Trumpet Awards and a civil rights activist in her own right. Clayton said, "This is a lasting memorial to those whose contributions were testaments to the fact that human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable. This historic site will serve as a symbol of pride and a beacon of hope for all future generations. We are looking forward to building a monument to the civil struggle that depicts every step taken toward the goal of justice and the tireless exertions and passionate concern of these dedicated individuals."[20]

Prince Hall

[edit] Main article: Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta, Georgia)

Located at 332 Auburn Avenue, the Prince Hall Masonic Temple is where the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) established its initial headquarters in 1957.[21] This historic and distinguished civil rights organization was co-founded by King, who also served as its first president. Owned by the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Georgia, the building was included within the authorized boundary of the park in 2018.

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  • The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park honors the life of King The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park honors the life of King
  • Shotgun houses on Auburn Ave. directly across from King's boyhood home Shotgun houses on Auburn Ave. directly across from King's boyhood home
  • Late 19th/Early 20th century homes on Auburn Ave. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District Late 19th/Early 20th century homes on Auburn Ave. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District
  • Nobel Peace Prize awarded to King in 1964 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to King in 1964

See also

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  • flagGeorgia (U.S. State) portal
  • List of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr.
  • List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Fulton County, Georgia
  • List of areas in the United States National Park System § National historical parks
  • Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History
  • Behold, 1990 statue

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
  3. ^ Hallerman, Tamar (January 9, 2018). "Trump signs bill upgrading Atlanta's MLK site". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on January 17, 2018. Retrieved February 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Fortin, Jacey (January 25, 2019). "Martin Luther King Jr.'s Last Home Is Sold to the National Park Foundation (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Mendinghall, Joseph Scott (1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Martin Luther King Jr. Historic District (Landmark)" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2009. and Accompanying 11 photos, from 1965 and 1972–1974 (4.99 MB)
  6. ^ a b c "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site". The Trust for Public Land. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  7. ^ Benepe, Adrian (August 18, 2017). "Whose Parks, Which History? Why Monuments Have Become a National Flashpoint". Huffington Post. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
  8. ^ a b Robert W. Blythe; Maureen A. Carroll & Steven H. Moffson (October 15, 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2009. and Accompanying 75 photos (16.9 MB)
  9. ^ "Trump signs bill to upgrade Martin Luther King's birthplace to national historic park". USA TODAY. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "MLK Birth Home Virtual Tour". Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  11. ^ Cyriaque, Jeanne (December 1, 2006). "The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site and Places that Commemorate His Legacy". Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  12. ^ "Fees & Passes". Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park. National Park Service. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  13. ^ Gary L. Anderson, Kathryn G. Herr, Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, SAGE Publications, USA, 2007, p. 804
  14. ^ "Future of King Center Up in the Air". Jacksonville Free Press. February 9–15, 2006. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
  15. ^ "Behold Monument". National Park Service. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  16. ^ Lohr, Kathy (January 16, 2006). "King Family in Dispute Over Atlanta Center". NPR.org. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  17. ^ "The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change". Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  18. ^ "Visitor Center – Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)". Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  19. ^ "The Gandhi Promenade at the MLK National Historic Site". Retrieved July 30, 2016.
  20. ^ "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees". The Birmingham Times. December 19, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  21. ^ "Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017, Senate Committee Report" (PDF). Retrieved January 9, 2018.

References

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  • Coleman, Wim. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Enslow Pub. Inc, (2005) – ISBN 0-7660-5225-7
[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.
  • Official NPS website: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church official site
  • The King Center
  • International Civil Rights Walk Of Fame Announces 2008 Inductees
  • International Civil Rights Walk of Fame
  • Atlanta, Georgia, a National Park Service Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary
  • v
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Speeches, writings, movements, and protests
Speeches
  • "Give Us the Ballot" (1957)
  • "I Have a Dream" (1963)
  • "How Long, Not Long" (1965)
  • "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" (1967)
  • "The Other America" (1967)
  • "I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968)
Writings
  • Stride Toward Freedom (1958)
  • "What Is Man?" (1959)
  • "Second Emancipation Proclamation"
  • Strength to Love (1963)
  • "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (1963)
  • Why We Can't Wait (1964)
  • Conscience for Change (1967)
  • Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (1967)
Movementsand protests
  • Montgomery bus boycott (1955–1956)
  • Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom (1957)
  • Youth March for Integrated Schools (1959)
  • Albany Movement (1961–1962)
  • Birmingham campaign (1963)
  • March on Washington (1963)
  • St. Augustine movement (1963–1964)
  • Selma to Montgomery marches (1965)
  • Chicago Freedom Movement (1966)
  • Mississippi March Against Fear (1966)
  • Anti-Vietnam War movement (1967)
  • Memphis sanitation strike (1968)
  • Poor People's Campaign (1968)
Organizations
  • Montgomery Improvement Association
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
People
Family
  • Coretta Scott King (wife)
  • Yolanda King (daughter)
  • Martin Luther King III (son)
  • Dexter King (son)
  • Bernice King (daughter)
  • Martin Luther King Sr. (father)
  • Alberta Williams King (mother)
  • Christine King Farris (sister)
  • A. D. King (brother)
  • James Albert King (grandfather)
  • Alveda King (niece)
Otherleaders
  • Ralph Abernathy (mentor, colleague)
  • Ella Baker (colleague)
  • James Bevel (strategist / colleague)
  • Dorothy Cotton (colleague)
  • Jesse Jackson (protégé)
  • Bernard Lafayette (colleague)
  • James Lawson (colleague)
  • John Lewis (colleague)
  • Joseph Lowery (colleague)
  • Benjamin Mays (mentor)
  • Diane Nash (colleague)
  • James Orange (colleague)
  • Bayard Rustin (advisor)
  • Fred Shuttlesworth (colleague)
  • C. T. Vivian (colleague)
  • Wyatt Walker (colleague)
  • Hosea Williams (colleague)
  • Andrew Young (colleague)
Assassination
  • Lorraine Motel (now National Civil Rights Museum)
  • Riots
  • Funeral
  • James Earl Ray
  • Jack Kershaw
  • U.S. House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Records Collection Act
  • Loyd Jowers
    • Trial
  • Conspiracy theories
  • Executive Order 14176
Media
Film
  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary)
  • Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated)
  • Boycott (2001 film)
  • The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (2008 documentary)
  • Selma (2014 film)
  • All the Way (2016 film)
  • King in the Wilderness (2018 documentary)
  • MLK/FBI (2020 documentary)
  • Rustin (2023 film)
Television
  • King (1978 miniseries)
  • "The First Store" (The Jeffersons, 1980)
  • "Great X-Pectations" (A Different World, 1993)
  • "The Promised Land" (New York Undercover, 1997)
  • Selma, Lord, Selma (1999)
  • "Return of the King" (The Boondocks, 2006)
  • Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (2011 documentary)
  • Genius (MLK/X, 2024)
Plays
  • The Meeting (1987)
  • The Mountaintop (2009)
  • I Dream (2010)
  • All the Way (2012)
Books
  • Bearing the Cross (1986)
  • America in the King Years (1988, 1998, 2006)
  • King: A Life (2023)
Illustrated
  • Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1957 comic book)
Music
  • "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dion)
  • "March! For Martin Luther King" (John Fahey)
  • "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Strawbs)
  • "Happy Birthday" (Stevie Wonder)
  • "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2)
  • "MLK" (U2)
  • "King Holiday" (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew)
  • "By the Time I Get to Arizona" (Public Enemy)
  • "Shed a Little Light" (James Taylor)
  • "Up to the Mountain" (Patti Griffin)
  • "Never Alone Martin" (Jason Upton)
  • "Symphony of Brotherhood" (Miri Ben-Ari)
  • Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King (1995 album)
  • "A Dream" (Common featuring will.i.am)
  • "Glory" (Common and John Legend)
Related
  • Civil rights movement in popular culture
  • Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., Inc. v. CBS, Inc.
  • King v. Trustees of Boston Univ.
Related topics
Other events
  • 1959 tour of India
  • Big Six
Memorials and eponymous locations
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  • National Historical Park
  • King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
  • Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • U.S. Capitol Rotunda sculpture
  • Oval Office bust
  • Homage to King sculpture, Atlanta
  • Hope Moving Forward statue, Atlanta
  • Safe House Black History Museum
  • Statues of Martin Luther King Jr.
    • Atlanta
    • Boston
    • Denver
    • Houston
    • Jersey City
    • Milwaukee
    • Mexico City
    • Newark
    • Pueblo, Colorado
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, San Francisco
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial (Compton)
  • Landmark for Peace Memorial, Indianapolis
  • The Dream sculpture, Portland, Oregon
  • Kennedy–King College
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, San Jose
  • Paris park
  • Memorials to Martin Luther King Jr.
  • King County, Washington
  • Eponymous streets
Other topics
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
    • passage
  • African American founding fathers of the United States
  • Authorship issues
  • FBI–King suicide letter
  • Two Americas
  • Martin Luther King Jr., A Current Analysis
  • Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity
  • Season for Nonviolence
  • Civil rights movement in popular culture
  • Lee–Jackson–King Day
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Civil rights movement (1954–1968)
Events(timeline)
Prior to 1954
  • Journey of Reconciliation
  • Executive Order 9981
  • Murders of Harry and Harriette Moore
  • Sweatt v. Painter (1950)
  • McLaurin v. Oklahoma State Regents (1950)
  • Baton Rouge bus boycott
1954–1959
  • Brown v. Board of Education
    • Bolling v. Sharpe
    • Briggs v. Elliott
    • Davis v. Prince Edward County
    • Gebhart v. Belton
  • Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company
  • Read's Drug Store sit-in
  • Emmett Till
  • Montgomery bus boycott
    • Browder v. Gayle
  • Tallahassee bus boycott
  • Mansfield school desegregation
  • 1957 Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
    • "Give Us the Ballot"
  • Royal Ice Cream sit-in
  • Little Rock Nine
    • Cooper v. Aaron
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957
  • Ministers' Manifesto
  • Dockum Drug Store sit-in
  • Katz Drug Store sit-in
  • Youth March for Integrated Schools (1958, 1959)
  • Kissing Case
  • Biloxi wade-ins
1960–1963
  • New Year's Day March
  • Sit-in movement
  • Greensboro sit-ins
  • Nashville sit-ins
  • Sibley Commission
  • Atlanta sit-ins
  • Savannah Protest Movement
  • Greenville Eight
  • Civil Rights Act of 1960
  • Ax Handle Saturday
  • New Orleans school desegregation
  • Gomillion v. Lightfoot
  • Boynton v. Virginia
  • University of Georgia desegregation riot
  • Rock Hill sit-ins
  • Robert F. Kennedy's Law Day Address
  • Freedom Rides
    • Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks
  • Garner v. Louisiana
  • Albany Movement
  • Cambridge movement
  • University of Chicago sit-ins
  • "Second Emancipation Proclamation"
  • Meredith enrollment, Ole Miss riot
  • Atlanta's Berlin Wall
  • "Segregation now, segregation forever"
    • Stand in the Schoolhouse Door
  • 1963 Birmingham campaign
    • Letter from Birmingham Jail
    • Children's Crusade
    • Birmingham riot
    • 16th Street Baptist Church bombing
  • John F. Kennedy's speech to the nation on Civil Rights
  • Detroit Walk to Freedom
  • Leesburg Stockade
  • March on Washington
    • "I Have a Dream"
    • Big Six
  • St. Augustine movement
1964–1968
  • Twenty-fourth Amendment
  • Chester school protests
  • Bloody Tuesday
  • 1964 Monson Motor Lodge protests
  • Freedom Summer
    • workers' murders
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964
  • Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
  • Katzenbach v. McClung
  • 1964–1965 Scripto strike
  • 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches
    • "How Long, Not Long"
  • SCOPE Project
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
  • March Against Fear
  • White House Conference on Civil Rights
  • Chicago Freedom Movement/Chicago open housing movement
  • "The Other America"
    • Two Americas
  • Loving v. Virginia
  • Memphis sanitation strike
    • "I've Been to the Mountaintop"
  • King assassination
    • funeral
    • riots
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968
  • Poor People's Campaign
  • Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
  • Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.
  • 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
Activistgroups
  • Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • Atlanta Negro Voters League
  • Atlanta Student Movement
  • Black Panther Party
  • Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
  • Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
  • Committee for Freedom Now
  • Committee on Appeal for Human Rights
    • An Appeal for Human Rights
  • Council for United Civil Rights Leadership
  • Council of Federated Organizations
  • Dallas County Voters League
  • Deacons for Defense and Justice
  • Georgia Council on Human Relations
  • Highlander Folk School
  • Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Lowndes County Freedom Organization
  • Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  • Montgomery Improvement Association
  • NAACP
    • Youth Council
  • Nashville Student Movement
  • Nation of Islam
  • Northern Student Movement
  • National Council of Negro Women
  • National Urban League
  • Operation Breadbasket
  • Regional Council of Negro Leadership
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  • Southern Regional Council
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
  • The Freedom Singers
  • United Auto Workers (UAW)
  • Wednesdays in Mississippi
  • Women's Political Council
Activists
  • Juanita Abernathy
  • Ralph Abernathy
  • Victoria Gray Adams
  • Zev Aelony
  • Mathew Ahmann
  • Muhammad Ali
  • William G. Anderson
  • Gwendolyn Armstrong
  • Arnold Aronson
  • Ella Baker
  • James Baldwin
  • Marion Barry
  • Daisy Bates
  • Harry Belafonte
  • James Bevel
  • Claude Black
  • Gloria Blackwell
  • Randolph Blackwell
  • Unita Blackwell
  • Ezell Blair Jr.
  • Joanne Bland
  • Julian Bond
  • Joseph E. Boone
  • William Holmes Borders
  • Amelia Boynton
  • Bruce Boynton
  • Raylawni Branch
  • Stanley Branche
  • Ruby Bridges
  • Aurelia Browder
  • H. Rap Brown
  • R. Jess Brown
  • Ralph Bunche
  • John H. Calhoun
  • Guy Carawan
  • Stokely Carmichael
  • Johnnie Carr
  • James Chaney
  • J. L. Chestnut
  • Shirley Chisholm
  • Colia Lafayette Clark
  • Ramsey Clark
  • Septima Clark
  • Xernona Clayton
  • Eldridge Cleaver
  • Kathleen Cleaver
  • Josephine Dobbs Clement
  • Charles E. Cobb Jr.
  • Annie Lee Cooper
  • Dorothy Cotton
  • Claudette Colvin
  • Vernon Dahmer
  • Jonathan Daniels
  • Abraham Lincoln Davis
  • Angela Davis
  • Joseph DeLaine
  • Dave Dennis
  • Annie Bell Robinson Devine
  • John Wesley Dobbs
  • Jesse L. Douglas
  • Patricia Stephens Due
  • Joseph Ellwanger
  • Charles Evers
  • Medgar Evers
  • Myrlie Evers-Williams
  • Chuck Fager
  • James Farmer
  • Walter Fauntroy
  • James Forman
  • Marie Foster
  • Golden Frinks
  • Georgia Gilmore
  • Andrew Goodman
  • Robert Graetz
  • Fred Gray
  • Shirley Green-Reese
  • Jack Greenberg
  • Dick Gregory
  • Lawrence Guyot
  • Prathia Hall
  • Fannie Lou Hamer
  • Fred Hampton
  • William E. Harbour
  • Vincent Harding
  • Dorothy Height
  • Audrey Faye Hendricks
  • Lola Hendricks
  • Aaron Henry
  • Oliver Hill
  • Donald L. Hollowell
  • James Hood
  • Myles Horton
  • Zilphia Horton
  • T. R. M. Howard
  • Ruby Hurley
  • Cecil Ivory
  • Jesse Jackson
  • Jimmie Lee Jackson
  • Richie Jean Jackson
  • T. J. Jemison
  • Esau Jenkins
  • Barbara Rose Johns
  • Vernon Johns
  • Frank Minis Johnson
  • Clarence Jones
  • J. Charles Jones
  • Matthew Jones
  • Vernon Jordan
  • Tom Kahn
  • Clyde Kennard
  • A. D. King
  • C.B. King
  • Coretta Scott King
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Martin Luther King Sr.
  • Bernard Lafayette
  • James Lawson
  • Bernard Lee
  • Sanford R. Leigh
  • Margaret Burr Leonard
  • Jim Letherer
  • Stanley Levison
  • John Lewis
  • Viola Liuzzo
  • Z. Alexander Looby
  • Joseph Lowery
  • Clara Luper
  • Danny Lyon
  • Malcolm X
  • Mae Mallory
  • Vivian Malone
  • Bob Mants
  • Thurgood Marshall
  • Benjamin Mays
  • Franklin McCain
  • Charles McDew
  • Cleve McDowell
  • Ralph McGill
  • Floyd McKissick
  • Joseph McNeil
  • James Meredith
  • William Ming
  • Jack Minnis
  • Amzie Moore
  • Cecil B. Moore
  • Douglas E. Moore
  • Harriette Moore
  • Harry T. Moore
  • Queen Mother Moore
  • William Lewis Moore
  • Irene Morgan
  • Bob Moses
  • William Moyer
  • Pauli Murray
  • Elijah Muhammad
  • Diane Nash
  • Charles Neblett
  • Huey P. Newton
  • Edgar Nixon
  • Jack O'Dell
  • James Orange
  • Rosa Parks
  • James Peck
  • Charles Person
  • Homer Plessy
  • Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
  • Fay Bellamy Powell
  • Rodney N. Powell
  • Al Raby
  • Lincoln Ragsdale
  • A. Philip Randolph
  • George Raymond
  • George Raymond Jr.
  • Bernice Johnson Reagon
  • Cordell Reagon
  • James Reeb
  • Frederick D. Reese
  • Walter Reuther
  • Gloria Richardson
  • David Richmond
  • Bernice Robinson
  • Jo Ann Robinson
  • Angela Russell
  • Bayard Rustin
  • Bernie Sanders
  • Michael Schwerner
  • Bobby Seale
  • Pete Seeger
  • Cleveland Sellers
  • Charles Sherrod
  • Alexander D. Shimkin
  • Fred Shuttlesworth
  • Modjeska Monteith Simkins
  • Glenn E. Smiley
  • A. Maceo Smith
  • Kelly Miller Smith
  • Mary Louise Smith
  • Maxine Smith
  • Ruby Doris Smith-Robinson
  • Charles Kenzie Steele
  • Hank Thomas
  • Dorothy Tillman
  • A. P. Tureaud
  • Hartman Turnbow
  • Albert Turner
  • C. T. Vivian
  • A. T. Walden
  • Wyatt Tee Walker
  • Hollis Watkins
  • Walter Francis White
  • Roy Wilkins
  • Hosea Williams
  • Kale Williams
  • Robert F. Williams
  • Q. V. Williamson
  • Andrew Young
  • Whitney Young
  • Sammy Younge Jr.
  • Bob Zellner
  • James Zwerg
By region
  • Omaha, Nebraska
  • South Carolina
Movementsongs
  • "Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me 'Round"
  • "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus"
  • "Kumbaya"
  • "Keep Your Eyes on the Prize"
  • "Oh, Freedom"
  • "This Little Light of Mine"
  • "We Shall Not Be Moved"
  • "We Shall Overcome"
  • "Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind Stayed On Freedom)"
Influences
  • Nonviolence
    • Padayatra
  • Sermon on the Mount
  • Mahatma Gandhi
    • Ahimsa
    • Satyagraha
  • The Kingdom of God Is Within You
  • Frederick Douglass
  • W. E. B. Du Bois
  • Mary McLeod Bethune
Related
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Jim Crow laws
  • Lynching in the United States
  • Plessy v. Ferguson
    • Separate but equal
  • Buchanan v. Warley
  • Hocutt v. Wilson
  • Powell v. Alabama
  • Smith v. Allwright
  • Hernandez v. Texas
  • Loving v. Virginia
  • African-American women in the movement
  • Jews in the civil rights movement
  • Fifth Circuit Four
  • 16th Street Baptist Church
  • Kelly Ingram Park
  • A.G. Gaston Motel
  • Bethel Baptist Church
  • Brown Chapel
  • Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
  • Holt Street Baptist Church
  • Edmund Pettus Bridge
  • March on Washington Movement
  • African-American churches attacked
  • List of lynching victims in the United States
  • Freedom Schools
  • Freedom songs
  • Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam
    • "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"
  • Voter Education Project
  • 1960s counterculture
  • African American founding fathers of the United States
  • Eyes on the Prize
Legacy
  • In popular culture
  • Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
  • Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument
  • Civil Rights Memorial
  • Civil Rights Movement Archive
  • Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
  • Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
  • Freedom Rides Museum
  • Freedom Riders National Monument
  • King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
  • other King memorials
  • Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
  • Mississippi Civil Rights Museum
  • National Center for Civil and Human Rights
  • National Civil Rights Museum
  • National Voting Rights Museum
  • Rosa Parks Museum
  • St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument
  • Olympic Black Power Statue
Notedhistorians
  • Taylor Branch
  • Clayborne Carson
  • John Dittmer
  • Michael Eric Dyson
  • Jonathan Eig
  • Chuck Fager
  • Adam Fairclough
  • David Garrow
  • David Halberstam
  • Vincent Harding
  • Steven F. Lawson
  • Doug McAdam
  • Diane McWhorter
  • Charles M. Payne
  • Thomas E. Ricks
  • Timothy Tyson
  • Akinyele Umoja
  • Movement photographers
Civil rights movement portal
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Protected areas of Georgia
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National Battlefield and Military Parks
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga
  • Kennesaw Mountain
National Estuarine Research Reserves
  • Sapelo Island
National Forests
  • Chattahoochee–Oconee
National Historic Sites and Historical Parks
  • Andersonville
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Ocmulgee Mounds
National Marine Sanctuaries
  • Gray's Reef
National Monuments
  • Fort Frederica
  • Fort Pulaski
National Recreation Areas
  • Chattahoochee River
National Seashores
  • Cumberland Island
National Trails
  • Appalachian
  • Trail of Tears
National Wild and Scenic Rivers
  • Chattooga River
National Wildlife Refuges
  • Banks Lake
  • Blackbeard Island
  • Bond Swamp
  • Eufaula
  • Harris Neck
  • Okefenokee
  • Piedmont
  • Savannah
  • Wassaw
  • Wolf Island
Other
  • National Historic Landmarks
  • National Natural Landmarks
  • National Register of Historic Places
  • Wilderness Areas
State
Parks
  • Amicalola Falls
  • Black Rock Mountain
  • Chattahoochee Bend
  • Cloudland Canyon
  • Crooked River
  • Don Carter
  • Elijah Clark
  • F.D. Roosevelt
  • Florence Marina
  • Fort Mountain
  • Fort Yargo
  • General Coffee
  • George L. Smith
  • George T. Bagby
  • Georgia Veterans
  • Hamburg
  • Hard Labor Creek
  • High Falls
  • Indian Springs
  • Jack Hill
  • James H. "Sloppy" Floyd
  • Laura S. Walker
  • Little Ocmulgee
  • Magnolia Springs
  • Mistletoe
  • Moccasin Creek
  • Panola Mountain
  • Providence Canyon
  • Red Top Mountain
  • Reed Bingham
  • Richard B. Russell
  • Sapelo Island
  • Seminole
  • Skidaway Island
  • Smithgall Woods
  • Sprewell Bluff
  • Stephen C. Foster
  • Sweetwater Creek
  • Tallulah Gorge
  • Tugaloo
  • Unicoi
  • Victoria Bryant
  • Vogel
  • Watson Mill Bridge
Historic parks and sites
  • A. H. Stephens
  • Chief Vann House
  • Dahlonega Gold Museum
  • Etowah Indian Mounds
  • Fort McAllister
  • Fort King George
  • Fort Morris
  • Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation
  • Jarrell Plantation
  • Jefferson Davis Memorial
  • Kolomoki Mounds
  • Lapham–Patterson House
  • Lebanon Plantation
  • Little White House
  • New Echota
  • Pickett's Mill Battlefield
  • Robert Toombs House
  • Travelers Rest
  • Wormsloe
Forests
  • Bartram
  • Broxton Rocks
  • Dawson
  • Dixon Memorial
  • Hightower
  • Paulding
  • Spirit Creek
Other
  • Centennial Olympic Park
  • Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center
  • Jekyll Island
  • Len Foote Hike Inn
  • Radium Springs
  • Sapelo Island
  • Stone Mountain Park
County,municipaland other
Parks
  • Bobby Brown Park
  • Chehaw Park
  • Cobb County Parks
  • Hartwell Lakeside
  • John Tanner
  • McIntosh Reserve
  • Murphey Candler Park
  • Okefenokee Swamp Park
  • Robert G. Hunter Memorial Park
  • Roswell Recreation and Parks
  • Seaborn Jones Memorial Park
  • Shaking Rock Park
  • Standing Boy Creek Park
Forests and nature preserves
  • Autrey Mill Nature Preserve & Heritage Center
  • Fernbank Forest
  • Marshall Forest
  • Morningside Nature Preserve
  • Phinizy Swamp Nature Park
  • Reynolds Nature Preserve
Nature and environmentaleducation centers
  • Birdsong Nature Center
  • Charlie Elliott Wildlife Center
  • Chattahoochee Nature Center
  • Cochran Mill Nature Center
  • Dauset Trails Nature Center
  • Dunwoody Nature Center
  • Elachee Nature Science Center
  • Georgia Nature Center
  • Grand Bay Wetland Education Center
  • Melvin L. Newman Wetlands Center
  • Oatland Island Wildlife Center
  • Oxbow Meadows Environmental Learning Center
  • Panola Mountain State Park Nature Center
  • Sandy Creek Nature Center
  • Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
  • Tidelands Nature Center
  • Tybee Island Marine Science Center
  • West Atlanta Watershed Alliance Outdoor Activity Center
  • Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  • Georgia Forestry Commission
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Atlanta landmarks
Current
Cemeteries
  • Decatur
  • Greenwood
  • Oakland
  • South Bend
  • Utoy
  • Westview
Commercial
  • 200 Peachtree
  • Academy of Medicine
  • Atlantic Station
  • AmericasMart
  • Biltmore
  • B. Mifflin Hood Brick Company Building
  • Clermont Lounge
  • Crum & Forster Building
  • Fire Station No. 11
  • Five Points Coca-Cola sign
  • Forsyth-Walton Building
  • Georgia World Congress Center
  • Kodak Building
  • Lenox Square
  • M.C. Kiser Company Building
  • Magic City
  • Manuel's Tavern
  • Mary Mac's Tea Room
  • Murder Kroger
  • Phipps Plaza
  • Ponce City Market
  • Switchyards Building
  • Underground Atlanta
  • The Battery Atlanta
  • The Varsity
Educational
  • Atlanta Central Library
  • Brittain Dining Hall
  • Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons
  • Food Processing Technology Building
  • Georgia Tech Historic District
  • Georgia Tech Library
  • Klaus Advanced Computing Building
  • Marcus Nanotechnology Building
  • Omega Chapter of the Chi Phi Fraternity
  • Student Competition Center
  • Tech Tower
  • Technology Square
Governmental
  • Atlanta City Hall
  • Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building
  • Federal Penitentiary
  • Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  • Georgia Governor's Mansion
  • Georgia Railroad Freight Depot
  • Georgia State Capitol
    • Miss Freedom
Monuments
  • Statue of Ellis Arnall
  • Atlanta from the Ashes (The Phoenix)
  • Autoeater
  • Carnegie Education Pavilion
  • Confederate Obelisk
  • Continuing the Conversation
  • Albert Einstein Memorial
  • Erskine Memorial Fountain
  • Statue of Evander Holyfield
  • Expelled Because of Color
  • Five Points Monument
  • The First Graduate
  • Free Nelson Mandela
  • Gateway of Dreams
  • Statue of Henry W. Grady
  • Homage to King
  • Hope Moving Forward
  • Statue of Jimmy Carter
  • Statue of John Brown Gordon
  • Statue of John Stith Pemberton
  • Kessler Campanile
  • Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Sidney Lanier Monument
  • Millennium Gate
  • Peace Monument
  • Pioneer Women
  • Statue of Samuel Spencer
  • Thomas W. Talbot Monument
  • Statue of Eugene Talmadge
  • The Three Pioneers
  • Statue of Thomas E. Watson
  • Statue of Dominique Wilkins
  • World Athletes Monument
Museums
  • APEX Museum
  • Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
  • Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum
  • Atlanta History Center
  • Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
  • Children's Museum of Atlanta
  • College Football Hall of Fame
  • Delta Flight Museum
  • Fernbank Museum of Natural History
  • Fernbank Science Center
  • Fire Station No. 6
  • Hammonds House Museum
  • High Museum of Art
  • Jimmy Carter Library and Museum
  • Joel Chandler Harris House (Wren's Nest)
  • King Plow Arts Center
  • Margaret Mitchell House and Museum
  • Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum
  • Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
  • Museum of Design Atlanta
  • National Center for Civil and Human Rights
  • Rhodes Memorial Hall House Museum
  • Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking
  • William Breman Jewish Heritage & Holocaust Museum
  • World of Coca-Cola
Parks andwildlife
  • Atlanta Beltline
  • Atlanta Botanical Garden
  • Burger Bowl
  • Centennial Olympic Park
  • Chastain Park
  • Chattahoochee River
  • Fernbank Forest
  • Georgia Aquarium
  • Grant Park
  • Historic Fourth Ward Park
  • Liberty Plaza
  • Piedmont Park
    • Playscapes
  • Shirley Clarke Franklin Park
  • Stone Mountain
  • Woodruff Park
  • Zoo Atlanta
Performingarts
  • Alliance Theatre
  • Atlanta Symphony Hall
  • Atlanta Civic Center
  • Buckhead Theatre
  • Center for Puppetry Arts
  • Center Stage
  • Coca-Cola Roxy
  • Donna and Marvin Schwartz Center for Performing Arts
  • Ferst Center for the Arts
  • Fox Theatre
  • Goat Farm Arts Center
  • King Plow Arts Center
  • Madison Theatre
  • Plaza Theatre
  • Rialto Center for the Arts
  • Shakespeare Tavern
  • Strand Theatre
  • The Masquerade
  • The Tabernacle
  • Tara Theatre
  • Variety Playhouse
  • Woodruff Arts Center
Religious
  • Al-Farooq Masjid
  • All Saints' Episcopal
  • Annunciation Greek Orthodox
  • Antioch Baptist Church North
  • Big Bethel AME
  • Buckhead
  • Cathedral of Christ the King
  • Central Presbyterian
  • The Church at Ponce & Highland (Druid Hills Baptist Church)
  • Church of the Apostles
  • Congregation Beth Jacob
  • Druid Hills Presbyterian
  • Ebenezer Baptist
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist
  • First Congregational
  • First Presbyterian
  • First United Methodist
  • Grace United Methodist
  • Immaculate Conception
  • Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
  • North Avenue Presbyterian
  • Peachtree Presbyterian
  • Rock Spring Presbyterian
  • Sacred Heart of Jesus
  • St. Bartholomew's Episcopal
  • St. John's Lutheran
  • St. Luke's Episcopal
  • St. Mark United Methodist
  • St. Paul of the Cross Catholic Church
  • St. Paul United Methodist
  • St. Philip AME
  • Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church
  • St. Philip's Cathedral
  • The Temple
  • Wheat Street Baptist
Residential(former)
  • Asa G. Candler Jr. (Callanwolde)
  • Water T. Candler (Lullwater)
  • Joel Chandler Harris (Wren's Nest)
  • Alonzo F. Herndon (Herndon Home)
  • Edward H. Inman (Swan House)
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Ferdinand McMillan (The Castle)
  • Margaret Mitchell
  • Edward C. Peters (Ivy Hall)
  • Amos Giles Rhodes (Rhodes Hall)
  • Rufus M. Rose
  • Craigie House
Skyscrapers
Historic(pre-WWII)
  • Bona Allen (1923)
  • Candler (1906)
  • Carnegie (1925)
  • Connally (1916)
  • Cox-Carlton (1925)
  • Flatiron (1897)
  • Georgian Terrace (1911)
  • Glenn (1923)
  • Healey (1914)
  • Hurt (1926)
  • J. Mack Robinson (Empire) (1901)
  • The Metropolitan (1911)
  • Ponce de Leon Apartments (1913)
  • Rhodes-Haverty (1929)
  • Southern Bell (1929)
  • William-Oliver (1930)
  • Winecoff Hotel (1913)
  • W. D. Grant (1898)
Downtown
  • 25 Park Place (Trust Company of Georgia)
  • 55 Marietta Street (Fulton National Bank)
  • 101 Marietta Street
  • 191 Peachtree Tower
  • Coastal States Building
  • Equitable
  • Five Points Plaza
  • Fourth National Bank building
  • Georgia Power
  • Georgia-Pacific Tower
  • Hyatt Regency Atlanta
  • Marriott Marquis
  • One Park Tower
  • Peachtree Center
  • Peachtree Summit
  • State of Georgia Building
  • Truist Plaza
  • TWELVE Centennial Park
  • Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel
Midtown
  • 999 Peachtree
  • 12th & Midtown
    • 1010 Midtown
    • 10 Sixty Five Midtown
    • 1075 Peachtree
  • 1100 Peachtree
  • 1180 Peachtree
  • 1280 West
  • Tower Square
  • Regions Plaza
  • Atlantic Station
    • 171 17th Street
    • The Atlantic
  • Bank of America Plaza
  • Coca-Cola
  • Colony Square
  • CNN Center
  • Four Seasons Hotel Atlanta/GLG Grand
  • Mayfair Condominiums
  • One Atlantic Center (IBM Tower)
  • One Georgia Center
  • Promenade II
  • Spire
  • Ten Peachtree Place
  • The Hue Midtown
  • ViewPoint
  • Yoo on the Park
Buckhead
  • 2828 Peachtree
  • 3344 Peachtree
  • 3630 Peachtree
  • Atlanta Financial Center
  • Atlanta Plaza
  • Buckhead Grand
  • Mandarin Oriental
  • Paramount at Buckhead
  • Park Avenue Condominiums
  • Park Place
  • The Pinnacle
  • Realm
  • Resurgens Plaza
  • Terminus
  • Tower Place
Perimeter Center
  • Concourse Corporate Center V & VI (King & Queen towers)
  • Park Towers I & II
  • Three Ravinia Drive
Former
  • 688 Club
  • Alex Cooley's Electric Ballroom
  • Atlanta Cabana Motel
  • Atlanta Hotel
  • Atlanta (Confederate) Rolling Mill
  • Atlantic Steel Mill
  • Carnegie Library
  • Church of Our Father
  • Coca-Cola Olympic City
  • Confederate Soldiers' Home
  • DeGive's Opera House
  • Equitable Building (1892)
  • First Universalist
  • Fourth National Bank
  • 3rd Georgia Governor's Mansion (John H. James mansion)
  • Henry Grady Hotel
  • Hotel Ansley
  • Hotel Aragon
  • Judge William Wilson House
  • Junior's Grill
  • Kimball House
  • Leyden House
  • Loew's Grand Theatre
  • Majestic Hotel
  • Masonic Temple
  • National Museum of Patriotism
  • Neely Nuclear Research Center
  • Pappenheimer Mansion
  • Paramount Theatre
  • Peachtree Arcade
  • Piedmont Hotel
  • Ponce de Leon amusement park
  • Ponce de Leon Springs
  • Republic Block
  • Rich's
  • Riverbend Apartments
  • Roxy Theatre
  • SciTrek
  • State Square
  • Terminal Station
  • Trout House
  • Turner Broadcasting tower
  • Union Stations:
    • 1853
    • 1871
    • 1930
  • Post Office and Customs House/City Hall (1911–1930)
  • Walton Spring
  • Washington Hall
Planned
  • 1105 West Peachtree
  • Atlanta Multi-Modal Passenger Terminal
  • Atlanta Symphony Center
  • Midtown Union
  • Opus Place
  • The Stitch
See also: Atlanta sports venues
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National Historic Landmarks in Georgia
NHL Sites
  • Andalusia
  • Bellevue
  • Calhoun Mine
  • Carmichael House
  • Chieftains Museum
  • College Hill
  • Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant
  • Dorchester Academy
  • Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building
  • Etowah Indian Mounds
  • Fort James Jackson
  • Fountain Hall
  • Fox Theatre
  • Georgia State Capitol
  • Green–Meldrim House
  • Henry W. Grady House
  • Herndon Home
  • Hickory Hill
  • Joel Chandler Harris House
  • John Ross House
  • Johnston–Felton–Hay House
  • Kolomoki Mounds
  • Lapham–Patterson House
  • Liberty Hall
  • Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
  • Meadow Garden
  • Octagon House
  • Old Governor's Mansion
  • Old Medical College Building
  • Owens–Thomas House
  • Robert Toombs House State Historic Site
  • Springer Opera House
  • Stallings Island
  • Stephen Vincent Benét House
  • Telfair Academy
  • Travelers Rest
  • Tupper-Barnett House
  • William Scarbrough House
  • Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home
NHL Districts
  • Augusta Canal
  • F. D. Roosevelt State Park
  • Columbus Historic Riverfront Industrial District
  • Georgia State Railroad Museum
  • Jekyll Island Club
  • Juliette Gordon Low Historic District
  • New Echota
  • St. Catherines Island
  • Savannah Historic District
  • Sweet Auburn
  • Warm Springs Historic District
Other U.S. historic sites
  • Andersonville Prison
  • Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park
  • Fort Frederica National Monument
  • Fort Pulaski National Monument
  • Jimmy Carter National Historical Park
  • Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
  • Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
  • Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics
  • Architectural style categories
  • Contributing property
  • Historic district
  • History of the National Register of Historic Places
  • Keeper of the Register
  • National Park Service
  • Property types
Lists by state
  • List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state
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  • Arizona
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Lists by insular areas
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Lists by associated state
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Other areas
  • District of Columbia
  • American Legation, Morocco
  • Territorial waters
Lists of specific structure types
  • Amusement rides
  • Jails and prisons
  • University and college buildings
Related
  • National Historic Preservation Act
    • Historic Preservation Fund
  • National Register of Historic Places portal
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National Historical Parks of the United States
  • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
  • Adams
  • Appomattox Court House
  • Blackstone River Valley
  • Boston
  • Brown v. Board of Education
  • Cane River Creole
  • Cedar Creek and Belle Grove
  • Chaco Culture
  • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
  • Colonial
  • Cumberland Gap
  • Dayton Aviation Heritage
  • First State
  • Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
  • George Rogers Clark
  • Golden Spike
  • Harpers Ferry
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad
  • Homestead
  • Hopewell Culture
  • Independence
  • Jean Lafitte
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Kalaupapa
  • Kaloko-Honokōhau
  • Keweenaw
  • Klondike Gold Rush
  • Lewis and Clark
  • Lowell
  • Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Manhattan Project
  • Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Minute Man
  • Morristown
  • Natchez
  • New Bedford Whaling
  • New Orleans Jazz
  • Nez Perce
  • Ocmulgee Mounds
  • Palo Alto Battlefield
  • Paterson Great Falls
  • Pecos
  • Pullman
  • Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau
  • Reconstruction Era
  • Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front
  • Saint-Gaudens
  • Salem Maritime
  • Salt River Bay
  • San Antonio Missions
  • San Francisco Maritime
  • San Juan Island
  • Saratoga
  • Sitka
  • Ste. Genevieve
  • Thomas Edison
  • Tumacácori
  • Valley Forge
  • War in the Pacific
  • Weir Farm
  • Women's Rights
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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Historic districts in metro Atlanta
Clayton County Jonesboro
Cobb County Acworth Acworth Collins Ave. Clarkdale Clarkdale Kennesaw Cherokee St. North Main St. Summers St. Marietta Church St.–Cherokee St. North Marietta Washington Ave. Whitlock Ave.
Coweta County Newnan Cole Town Greenville St.–LaGrange St. Newnan Commercial Newnan Cotton Mill and Mill Village Northwest Newnan Residential Platinum Point Other Grantville Roscoe–Dunaway Gardens Sargent Senoia
DeKalb County Atlanta Candler Park Druid Hills (Atlanta) Inman Park–Moreland Kirkwood Avondale Estates Brookhaven Oglethorpe University Decatur Clairemont MAK (McDonough, Adams, King) Ponce de Leon Court South Candler Street–Agnes Scott College Winnona Park Druid Hills Emory Grove Emory University District University Park–Emory Highlands–Emory Estate Stone Mountain
Douglas County Douglasville
Fulton County Atlanta Adair Park Ansley Park Atkins Park Atlanta University Center Berkeley Park Brookhaven Brookwood Hills Cabbagetown Castleberry Hill Collier Heights Fairlie–Poplar Fox Theatre Historic District Garden Hills Georgia Tech Grant Park Hotel Row Howell Interlocking Knight Park–Howell Station Inman Park Inman Park–Moreland King Plow/Railroad Historic District (proposed) Knox Apts., Cauthorn House and Peachtree Rd. Apts. Lakewood Heights Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site Means St. Midtown Mozley Park Oakland City Peachtree Highlands–Peachtree Park Pittsburgh Reynoldstown Southern Ry. North Ave. Yards Sunset Ave. (proposed) Sweet Auburn Techwood Homes Underground Atlanta Virginia-Highland Washington Park West End · Whittier Mills Other College Park East Point Industrial District Fairburn Hapeville Roswell
Gwinnett County Norcross
Hall County Gainesville Brenau University Chicopee Mill and Village Gainesville Commercial Green Street Green St.–Brenau Other Clermont Flowery Branch Gillsville Lula
Newton County Covington Covington Covington Mills and Mill Village Floyd Street Other Newborn North Covington Oxford Porterdale Starrsville
Rockdale County Conyers Commercial Residential
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Old Fourth Ward and Sweet Auburn, Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr.National Historical Parkand Preservation District
  • APEX Museum
  • Atlanta Daily World building
  • Atlanta Life Insurance Company building
  • Auburn Ave. Research Library
  • Big Bethel AME Church
  • Herndon Building (demolished)
  • Gandhi Promenade
  • International Civil Rights Walk of Fame
  • King Birth Home
  • King Center
  • Ebenezer Baptist Church
  • MLK National Historic Site
  • Odd Fellows Bldg.
  • Prince Hall Masonic Temple
  • Sweet Auburn Curb Market
  • Wheat Street Baptist Church
Other buildings
  • Atlanta Civic Center
  • Atlanta Medical Center
  • Edward C. Peters House
  • Egleston Children's Hospital (1928–1959)
  • Homage to King
  • Morris Brown College (1885–1932)
  • National NuGrape Company Lofts
  • Ponce City Market
  • Rio Shopping Center (demolished)
  • Sister Louisa's Church
  • WSB-TV tower
Neighborhoods
  • Buttermilk Bottom
  • Sweet Auburn
  • U-Rescue Villa
Parks
  • Central Park
  • Freedom Park
  • Historic Fourth Ward Park
  • Ponce de Leon amusement park
  • Ponce de Leon Springs
  • Renaissance Park
People
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Edward C. Peters
Roads
  • Boulevard
  • Edgewood Avenue
  • Freedom Parkway
  • Freeway revolt (1970s–1980s)
  • Highland Avenue
  • I-485
  • Ponce de Leon Avenue
Transportation
  • Atlanta Streetcar
  • King Memorial (MARTA station)
  • Nine-Mile Circle Streetcar Line
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Mahatma Gandhi
Life eventsand movements
  • Indian Ambulance Corps
  • Tolstoy Farm
  • Bardoli Satyagraha
  • Champaran Satyagraha
  • Kheda Satyagraha
  • Indian independence movement
  • Non-cooperation movement
  • Chauri Chaura incident
  • Purna Swaraj
    • flag
  • Salt March
  • Dharasana Satyagraha
  • Vaikom Satyagraha
  • Aundh Experiment
  • Gandhi–Irwin Pact
    • Second Round Table Conference
  • Padayatra
  • Poona Pact
  • Natal Indian Congress
  • Quit India
    • speech
  • Gujarat Vidyapith University
  • Harijan Sevak Sangh
  • India ashrams (Kochrab
  • Sabarmati
  • Sodepur Khadi
  • Sevagram)
  • List of fasts
  • Assassination
Philosophy
  • Practices and beliefs
  • Composite nationalism
  • Gandhism
  • Economics
    • trusteeship
  • Education
  • Sarvodaya
  • Satyagraha
  • Swadeshi
  • Swaraj
  • Eleven vows
  • Gandhi cap
Publications
  • Harijan
  • Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule)
  • Indian Opinion
  • The Story of My Experiments with Truth
  • Mangal Prabhat
  • Young India
  • Seven Social Sins
  • Navajivan Trust
  • Gandhi Heritage Portal
Influences
  • "A Letter to a Hindu"
  • Ahimsa (nonviolence)
  • Bhagavad Gita
  • Henry David Thoreau (Civil Disobedience (essay))
  • Civil disobedience
  • Fasting
  • Hinduism
  • Khadi
  • John Ruskin
  • Parsee Rustomjee
  • Leo Tolstoy (The Kingdom of God Is Within You)
  • The Masque of Anarchy
  • Narmad
  • Pacifism
  • Sermon on the Mount
  • Shravan
  • Shrimad Rajchandra
  • Henry Stephens Salt
  • Tirukkuṛaḷ
  • Unto This Last
    • Gandhi's translation
  • "Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram"
  • "Ekla Chalo Re"
  • "Hari Tuma Haro"
  • "Vaishnava Jana To"
  • Vegetarianism
Associates
  • Swami Anand
  • C. F. Andrews
  • Jamnalal Bajaj
  • Shankarlal Banker
  • Sarla Behn
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Brij Krishna Chandiwala
  • Sudhakar Chaturvedi
  • Jugatram Dave
  • Mahadev Desai
  • Dada Dharmadhikari
  • Kanu Gandhi
  • Shiv Prasad Gupta
  • Umar Hajee Ahmed Jhaveri
  • J. C. Kumarappa
  • Hermann Kallenbach
  • Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Acharya Kripalani
  • Mirabehn
  • Mohanlal Pandya
  • Vallabhbhai Patel
  • Narhari Parikh
  • Mithuben Petit
  • Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
  • Bibi Amtus Salam
  • Sonja Schlesin
  • Anugrah Narayan Sinha
  • Shri Krishna Sinha
  • Rettamalai Srinivasan
  • V. A. Sundaram
  • Abbas Tyabji
  • Ravishankar Vyas
  • Kishorlal Mashruwala
Legacy
  • Artistic depictions
  • Gandhigiri
  • Gandhi Peace Award
  • Gandhi Peace Foundation
  • Gandhi Peace Prize
  • Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
  • Indian currency (Gandhi Series, Gandhi New Series, Indian rupee)
  • Indian 10 Rupee postage stamp
Family
  • Karamchand Gandhi (father)
  • Kasturba (wife)
  • Harilal (son)
  • Manilal (son)
  • Ramdas (son)
  • Devdas (son)
  • Maganlal (cousin)
  • Samaldas (nephew)
  • Arun (grandson)
  • Ela (granddaughter)
  • Rajmohan (grandson)
  • Gopalkrishna (grandson)
  • Ramchandra (grandson)
  • Kanu (grandson)
  • Kanu (grandnephew)
  • Tushar (great-grandson)
  • Leela (great-granddaughter)
Influenced
  • 14th Dalai Lama
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Abhay Bang
  • Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  • Brajkishore Prasad
  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Eknath Easwaran
  • Droupadi Murmu
  • François Bayrou
  • Gopaldas Ambaidas Desai
  • Govind Ballabh Pant
  • Ho Chi Minh
  • James Bevel
  • James Lawson
  • Jawaharlal Nehru
  • Joan Bondurant
  • Lal Bahadur Shastri
  • Lanza del Vasto
  • Maulana Azad
  • Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Maria Lacerda de Moura
  • Mehdi Bazargan
  • Morarji Desai
  • Narendra Modi
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Rajendra Prasad
  • Ramjee Singh
  • Steve Biko
  • Sane Guruji
  • Vinoba Bhave
  • Vallabhbhai Patel
Memorials
Statues
  • Ghana
  • India
    • Patna
    • National Salt Satyagraha Memorial
    • New Delhi
  • South Africa
    • Johannesburg
    • Pietermaritzburg
  • UK
    • Parliament Square
    • Tavistock Square
  • U.S.
    • Davis
    • Denver
    • Houston
    • Milwaukee
    • New York
    • San Francisco
    • San Jose
    • Washington, D.C.
Observances
  • Gandhi Jayanti
  • International Day of Non-Violence
  • Martyrs' Day
  • Season for Nonviolence
Other
  • Aga Khan Palace
  • Gandhi Bhawan
  • Gandhi Mandapam
  • Gandhi Market
  • Bookstores
  • Gandhi Promenade
  • Gandhi Smriti
  • Gandhi Memorial
  • Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai
  • Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya
  • Gandhi Teerth
  • Gandhi Temple, Bhatara
  • Kaba Gandhi No Delo
  • Kirti Mandir
  • Mahatma Gandhi College
  • Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
  • Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Centre, Matale
  • Mani Bhavan
  • Mahatma Gandhi Museum, Rajkot
  • National Gandhi Museum
  • Raj Ghat
  • Roads named after Gandhi
  • Sabarmati Ashram
  • Satyagraha House
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International
  • VIAF
  • FAST
National
  • United States
  • Israel
Other
  • Yale LUX

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