Atlanta, Georgia: King Historic Dist – Gravesite

March Against Fear Mississippi Historical Background: A Flash Point.

On June 5, 1966, James Meredith started a solitary March Against Fear for 220 miles from Memphis, Tennessee, to Jackson, Mississippi, to protest against racism. Soon after starting his march he was shot by a sniper with birdshot, injuring him. (wikipedia)

Inscriptions:

Dr. Martin Luther King, j.r:
1929-1968
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia
Place of Death: Memphis, Tennessee

” Free at last, Free at last,

Thank God Almighty, Free at last! “

Coretta Scott King
1927 – 2006
“And now abide Faith, Hope, Love,
These Three; but the
greatest of these is LOVE.”
1 Cor. 13:13

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“Martin Luther King Jr.’s gravesite and a reflecting pool are also located next to Freedom Hall. Mrs. King was interred with her husband on February 7, 2006.” source: wikipedia

Entrance to the Gravesite: “The Chapel of All Faiths”

If you are a first time visitor of exodians blog, there are two entries we created that you might consider clicking. See the links below.

a. Atlanta, Georgia: Behold Sculpture

b. Atlanta, Georgia: Ebenezer Baptist King Historic Dist

Chapel of all faiths

The grave site view from the “Chapel of all faiths”

Perspective 2: Chapel of all faiths

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A day on not a day off

In the name of African-American voting rights, 3,200 civil rights demonstrators, led by Martin Luther King Jr., begin a historic march from Selma, Alabama, to the State Capitol at Montgomery. U.S. Army and National Guard troops were on hand to provide safe passage for the “Alabama Freedom March,” which twice had been turned back by Alabama state police at Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge.