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M.L. King Historic Site Continues Exhibit Through August

Special to the NNPA from the Atlanta Daily World

ATLANTA (NNPA)—The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta is presenting “From Memphis To Atlanta: The Drum Major Returns Home,” an original exhibition through Aug. 31 in remembrance of Dr. King's assassination 40 years ago.
    “From Memphis To Atlanta” examines the final days of Dr. King's life, as he journeyed to Memphis, Tenn., campaigning on behalf of poor sanitation workers to his final return home to Atlanta for the April 9 funeral when thousands mourned his death.
   The exhibition features the following: a photographic display of the period April 3-9, 1968; the funeral wagon that carried Dr. King's casket in the procession from historic Ebenezer Baptist Church to the public memorial service at Morehouse College; exclusive prose by close acquaintances of Dr. King offering intimate insight on his leadership and

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legacy; and “WHEN,” a video installation by artist Barbara Bickart documenting the reaction of visitors to the site of King's assassination, the former Lorraine Motel (now the National Civil Rights Museum).
     “From Memphis To Atlanta: The Drum Major Returns Home” will be displayed daily at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Visitor Center, located at 450 Auburn Ave., N.E. in Atlanta from April 4 to Aug. 31.
Admission is free. The site is open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (until 6 p.m. June 8 through Aug. 16). For more information, call 404-331-5190 or visit www.nps.gov/malu.
      The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, established by the National Park Service in 1980, preserves and interprets the places in Atlanta where civil rights leader King was born, lived, worked, worshipped and is buried.

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