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Check back with us periodically, as we are updating our schedule for The King Holiday Observance with special guests and exciting events for the whole family.

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King Center Calendar of Events 2017

My Life, My Love, My Legacy

The life story of Coretta Scott King—wife of Martin Luther King Jr.

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My Life, my love, my legacy by Dr. Coretta Scott King

Salute to Greatness Gala, January 14, 2017. 

Held at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency Hotel.

Reception at 6pm, Dinner at 7pm 

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Salute to Greatness Award Gala

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The King Center Imaging Project pairs JPMorgan Chase technology with The King Center Archive to preserve and share Dr. King's works in a new more accessible way. JPMorgan Chase, through its Technology for Social Good program, committed its technology expertise to digitize more than one million pieces of history related to Dr. King. Browse the archives...

The Digital Archives

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Father Michael Pfleger to deliver keynote address and Senator Bernie Sanders to pay special tribute at the King Center’s annual commemorative service honoring the 88th birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, jr. on January 16, 2017

The King Center

The King Library and Archives in Atlanta is the largest repository of primary source materials on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the American Civil Rights Movement in the world. The collection consists of the papers of Dr. King and those of the organization he co-founded, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, as well as the records of 8 major civil rights organizations and of several individuals active in the Movement. The archives also include more than 200 oral history interviews with Dr. King’s teachers, friends, family and civil rights associates.

 

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The King Center is at the hub of a 23 acre National Historic Site which brings one million visitors each year. Free attractions include the birth home, the crypt of Dr. and Mrs. King, exhibits at Freedom Hall, gift shop/information facility, and reflecting pool. Learn more »

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449 Auburn Avenue, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30312
404.526.8900

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Hours

Open 7 days a week
9am-5pm

Summer (Memorial Day Weekend -
Labor Day)
9am - 6pm

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