The Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Park was established on October 10, 1980 by an Act of Congress. The National Historical Park was championed by Senator John Lewis and signed by the President on January 8, 2018.
It’s an informational park that lists facts and displays the many acts of courage that were committed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during his lifetime. This park is administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Park Rangers are responsible for taking great care of the facts of his life—whether identifying the historically accurate shade of paint on the wall inside sanctuary where Dr. King preached his first sermon, or listening intently to the living legends of the movement who share their own stories and evolving wisdom with the hundreds of thousands who visit the park each year.
Within the park is his boyhood home — where he was born and grew up, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin Luther King Sr., were pastors — as well as, The Reflecting Pool — the grave site of Martin Luther KING Jr, and his wife, civil rights activist Coretta SCOTT King.
It also includes The King Center, Historic Fire Station No.6, Freedom Walkway, the Visitor’s Center and Museum.
Visitors leave the park, they depart with a fuller, more accurate understanding the significant role Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. played in the American civil rights movement.
For more information contact:
Superintendent Martin Luther King, Jr.
NHP 450 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, GA 30312– 3311525 5190
Phone: +1 404.xxx.xxxx
www.nps.gov/malu
