50th Anniversary of the assassination of MLK (photos by Kelly Jordan)

Atlanta celebrated the life and memory of Martin Luther King Jr. this past week. These photos were taken by Kelly Jordan at the King house, the King Center and during the April 9 commemorative march. Click to enlarge each photo:

At King Center photo by Kelly Jordan

Mother and daughter came from California, thrilled to sit with Rev. C. T. Vivian

Big crowds move silently through birth home all day (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Porch of birth home, worker duplexes in background (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

On birth home porch (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Unknown visitor interviewed (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

You know who (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Media in Ebenezer balcony (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

King’s fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha takes seats in Ebenezer (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Guns to plow shares with Corrina Sephora, Atlanta blacksmith (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Michael Thurmond, DeKalb CEO, speaks at Stone Mountain. (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity members (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Audience (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Violin for non-violence (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Audience (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Rev. Bernice King rings bell at 7:01pm (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Eternal flame (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Audience (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Audience (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Solemn moment (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Audience (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Final moment (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Relatives of Rosa Parks at Ga Tech dedication 4/5/18 (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Rosa Parks statue funders Michelle and Rod Adkins (seated), sculptor Martin Dave (r), Tech President “Bud” Peterson (l) Photo by Kelly Jordan

Hank Klibanoff greats Taylor Branch at Cannon Chapel Emory 4/5/18 (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

James Weldon Johnson lecture at Emory 4/5/18. President Claire E. Sterk (c) welcomes author Taylor Branch (l) (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Kids at April 9 commemorative march (photo by Kelly Jordan)

Bernice King at April 9 commemorative march (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

The MLK children, Rev. Al Sharpton, others at April 9 commemorative march (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

The MLK children, Rev. Al Sharpton, others at April 9 march on Auburn Ave (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

April 9 commemorative march passes SCLC (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

April 9 commemorative march reaches Capitol (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

April 9 commemorative march reaches Capitol (Photo by Kelly Jordan)

Morehouse Choir at April 9 commemorative march (Photo by Kelly Jordan)