Atlanta Trip Overview
Our MLK, Jr. Heritage tour has been adapted. Tour is conducted by local historian Ms. Stephanie, who has lived and worked in Atlanta for thirty plus years, and worked for Three Mayors of Atlanta. An overview of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his formative years as a youth growing up on Auburn Ave, once called the riches Negro streets in the world and Dr. Kings impact as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Although access to the buildings in the National Historic Park, (the Visitor Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church and Dr. King’s birth home) are closed, we are conducting a walking tour of the area and its legendary history. Tour begins at the Visitor Center, Short walk to Auburn Ave and hear of it’s, illustrious history and fame, Continue on Auburn to the neighborhood of King’s boyhood home, Also on Auburn is the beautiful Reflecting Pool and the tombs of Dr. and Mrs. King, Jr. End at Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King, Jr, senior and grandfather pastored.
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Duration: 1 hour
Starts: Atlanta, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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Our MLK, Jr. Heritage tour has been adapted. Tour is conducted by local historian Ms. Stephanie, who has lived and worked in Atlanta for thirty plus years, and worked for Three Mayors of Atlanta. An overview of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from his formative years as a youth growing up on Auburn Ave, once called the riches Negro streets in the world and Dr. Kings impact as a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Although access to the buildings in the National Historic Park, (the Visitor Center, Ebenezer Baptist Church and Dr. King’s birth home) are closed, we are conducting a walking tour of the area and its legendary history. Tour begins at the Visitor Center, Short walk to Auburn Ave and hear of it’s, illustrious history and fame, Continue on Auburn to the neighborhood of King’s boyhood home, Also on Auburn is the beautiful Reflecting Pool and the tombs of Dr. and Mrs. King, Jr. End at Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King, Jr, senior and grandfather pastored.
Itinerary
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Stop At: 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, USA
The King’s Visitor Center is the meet up, next to the Manhatma Ghandi Statue. A Indian lawyer by trade, and anti-colonial nationalist, Ghandi implemented the nonviolent resistance to liberate India’s independence. Which inspired the civil rights movement
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, 407 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312-1503
Tour will end here.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Birth Home of Martin Luther King, Jr, 501 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312, USA
Glimpse of the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312-1504
We visit the Gravesite of Dr. King and Ms. Coretta Scott King. Ten months after her death Coretta Scott King is in her final resting place next to her husband.
Duration: 10 minutes
