Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Cradle of American Civil Rights Movement

450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, United States
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Introduction

Atlanta has been one of the centers of the African American civil rights movement in the United States since the 1960s and is also the birthplace of Martin Luther King. His famous speech "I Have a Dream" has become an important historical event. His body is buried in the cemetery of the Ebenezer Baptist Church. In 1973, Atlanta became the first city in the southern United States to elect a black mayor.
Address
450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, United States