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Preserving both Maynard Jackson's and MLK's legacy on Sunset Ave.

May 13, 2019, 1:12 am/6 Comments
Maria Saporta

My life was transformed at 234 Sunset Ave. – the home of Martin Luther King Jr., Coretta Scott King and their four children.As I have written before, my closest friend in 1966 to 1968 was the oldest of the King children – the late Yolanda King. I had the incredible good fortune to spend the night in the home, to get to know Martin Luther King Jr., and the entire family

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Atlanta commemorates 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination

April 5, 2018, 1:00 am/0 Comments
Maria Saporta

It was a day of sad memories as Atlanta marked the 50th anniversary of the assassination of its hometown spiritual leader – Martin Luther King Jr. – on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee.

At the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change, King’s family gathered at King’s crypt to lay a wreath and to commemorate the actual moment of King’s death 50 years ago.

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

April 4, 2018, 7:17 pm/0 Comments

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)

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National Park Service hits home with King-Carter exhibit – possible peek into future

May 2, 2016, 8:51 pm/6 Comments
Maria Saporta

An axis of peace. That’s probably the best way to define the relationship between two of Atlanta’s greatest leaders and their families – the late Martin Luther King Jr. and former President Jimmy Carter.

It is a special multi-layered relationship that keeps building upon a shared foundation of non-violence, human and civil rights. And both MLK Jr. and Carter were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts.

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