Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birth Home Is Among Relics of Auburn Avenue

of 161Photo
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 9
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 10
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 3
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 17
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 15
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 7
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 5
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 8
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 4
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 6
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 16
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 12
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 11
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 1
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 14
  • 061112 national saving atlantas auburn ave 2

Saving Auburn Avenue

Atlanta’s Auburn Avenue was once a bustling corridor lined with Black-owned banks, night clubs, churches, meat markets and funeral homes, but as the Associated Press reports, the historic neighborhood never fully recovered following the end of state-mandated segregation as many Blacks left for new neighborhoods previously unavailable to them. For the second time since 1992, Auburn Avenue, also Martin Luther King Jr.’s birth home, was added last week to the National Register of Historic Places’ Most Endangered list for 2011. Many residents say this designation is the final chance to protect the street’s fading legacy. — Britt Middleton (Photo: AP Photo/David Goldman)

Comments

More National News

Related Topics

SEARCH

© 2013 BET Interactive, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Entertainment Television LLC. All rights reserved.