Planning

Photo collage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church pulpit and park resource sites.

NPS

Martin Luther King, Jr. is best known nationally and internationally for his leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement and his subsequent efforts to promote world peace and economic equality. The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site, located in the Atlanta, Georgia community where Dr. King was reared and to which he later returned in the height of his activism, commemorates Dr. King’s lifetime achievements. The site preserves the King Birth Home and the historically African American neighborhood where Dr. King spent his youth. The larger Sweet Auburn community, which served as the economic, cultural, and religious center for Atlanta’s segregated African American population from 1910 through the 1960s, greatly influenced Dr. King both as a youth and as an adult.

Click this link to view Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park and Preservation District Long-Range Interpretive Plan

 

King Family Home

The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park protects, and interpret for the benefite, inspiration, and education of present and future generations the places where Dr. King was born, lived, worked, worshipped and where he is buried. Honoring the lifetime of achievements of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a pivotal leader of the modern American civil rights movement.

As part of this mission, the park preserves and interprets significant locations connected to his life and legacy, including the King Family Home in the historic Vine City neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia.

Purchased by Dr. King and Coretta Scott King in October 1964, this home became the residence where they raised their family while continuing the fight for justice and equality.

It was here that Dr. King worked tirelessly in the expanding civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968. In the years that followed, Mrs. King carried forward his vision from this home, founding the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Center, known today as The King Centers The King Center, The Center for Nonviolent Social Change to further the cause of peace, equality, and nonviolence.

In 2018, the National Park Service acquired the property to ensure its preservation for future generations. Plans are underway to rehabilitate the home in a way that protects its historic fabric and character while opening it to the public.

Visitors will one day be able to step inside and experience the place where Dr. King and his family lived, dreamed, and worked toward a more just world.

Click this link to view the King Family Home Site Plan and Environmental Assessment

For more information visit ParkPlanning - Site Plan for the King Family Home (234 Sunset Ave.)

 

 

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Transcript

Ash Phillips, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park, Chief of Cultural Resources, explains the renovation project and request for public input.

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57.58 seconds

Ash Phillips, Chief of Cultural Resources, explains the "King Family Home" renovation project and requests input and engagement from the community and public.

 

Documents Open for Public Review

There are currently no projects with documents open for public review for Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park.

Other Plans and Projects

An archive of completed projects as well as projects without documents open for comment may be found on the PEPC website.