Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, Atlanta GA

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (“the King Center”), a nonprofit agency dedicated to achieving the goals of Dr. King, is housed in Freedom Hall, located across Auburn Avenue from the NPS visitor center. The King Center was established in 1968 by Coretta Scott King. Martin Luther King Jr.’s gravesite and a reflecting pool are also located next to Freedom Hall. Mrs. King was interred with her husband on February 7, 2006.

As of 2006, the King Center is a privately owned inholding within the authorized boundaries of the national historic site. However, there is debate within the King family on whether it should remain so or be sold to the NPS.

Martin Luther King. Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
449 Auburn Avenue
Atlanta, GA, 30312 USA
404-524-1956 (phone)
website: www.thekingcenter.org