Martin Luther King Jr.’s Vine City Family Home Added To National Park
A statue paying tribute to civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is shown on the state Capitol grounds in Atlanta. The National Park Foundation announced Thursday that the west side home where Martin and Coretta Scott King raised their four children will now become part of the federal park in Atlanta that includes sites such as the church where Dr. King preached and his birth home.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family home on Atlanta’s west side will now become part of the federal park in Atlanta that includes sites such as the church where he preached and King’s birth home.
The home in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood will be accessible to the public as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, The National Park Foundation announced Thursday.
The hope is that people will now gain “greater insight into my father holistically,” Bernice King, CEO of the King Center, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She is the youngest daughter of the King family.
The home that we lived in at the time my father was assassinated, and where my mother raised us, will be made accessible to the public for the first time as part of the #MLK, Jr. National Historical Park, which is with the National Park System. More: https://t.co/naHowXBUgC pic.twitter.com/WoUsgooZLK
— Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 24, 2019
The foundation purchased the home from Coretta Scott King’s estate on Jan. 8 and then transferred it to the National Park Service.
The home is where the Kings raised their four children, the Atlanta newspaper reported. Other civil rights leaders also used the home as a place to discuss strategies aimed at bringing racial equality to the nation.
It could be at least a year before the public can view the home, as there is work to be done to make it ready for a large volume of visitors, park officials told the newspaper.
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