{"id":5909,"date":"2011-11-16T16:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/civil-rights-movement-sites-atlanta-georgia\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T09:31:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T13:31:57","slug":"civil-rights-movement-sites-atlanta-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/civil-rights-movement-sites-atlanta-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil Rights Movement Sites Atlanta, Georgia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/going-places\/tag\/atlanta\/\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta<\/a> played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. The city\u2019s current inhabitants are extremely proud of this history (and they should be).<\/p>\n<p>There are a variety of historical tours focused on the Civil Rights Movement that you can take the next time you\u2019re lucky enough to score <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/cheap-flights\/atlanta-atl-georgia-deals\" target=\"_blank\">cheap flights to Atlanta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/malu\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tour<\/a> (50 Auburn Avenue, N.E. Atlanta, GA 30312): Visitors can tour Dr. King\u2019s birth home as well as the nearby Ebenezer Church where Dr. King\u2019s father was a pastor. It is also possible to honor the late Dr. King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, by visiting their gravesites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/features\/malu\/feat0002\/wof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">International Civil Rights Walk of Fame<\/a> Learn more about Civil Rights leaders as you walk along a path of 2&#8217;x 2&#8242; granite markers with the actual footprint impressions human rights activists such as Rosa Parks, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Ambassador Andrew Young, US Congressman John Lewis, and others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/nr\/travel\/atlanta\/aub.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Auburn Tour<\/a> Auburn Avenue is one of Atlanta\u2019s most historic streets. It features the childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King, as well as the birthplace of many influential African-American businesses.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herndonhome.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Herndon Home<\/a> (587 University Place Northwest, Atlanta, GA 30314-4126) Alonzo Herndon was a former enslaved African-American who opened the Atlanta Life Insurance Company in 1905. Thanks to his business acumen, he became one of the wealthiest men in the city. The Herndon Home (it\u2019s a mansion, really) was his residence. It has been transformed into a historic site with exhibits and regular tours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.apexmuseum.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Atlanta Apex Museum<\/a> (135 Auburn Avenue Northeast, Atlanta, GA 30303): The Apex Museum is dedicated to presenting African-American history through a variety of exhibits, tours and events. It\u2019s a wonderful place to spend an afternoon learning about Atlanta\u2019s rich and fascinating African-American culture and history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;MLK Sculpture,&#8221; Flickr photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/mplemmon\/2745435974\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Matt Lemmon <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atlanta played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. The city\u2019s current inhabitants are extremely proud of this history (and they should be). There are a variety of historical tours focused on the Civil Rights Movement that you can take the next time you\u2019re lucky enough to score cheap flights to Atlanta. 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