The tomb of this civil rights leader lies next to the Ebenezer Baptist churchyard on Auburn Ave.
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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site - Wikipedia  The King Birth Home is located at 501 Auburn Avenue in the Sweet Auburn historic district. Built in 1895, it sits about a block east of Ebenezer Baptist Church.
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crdl_ugabma_wsbn_382.. - Welcome to the Civil Rights Digital Library  WSB-TV newsfilm clip of crowds waiting outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church as the ... King, mother of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., lies in state, Atlanta, Georgia, 1974 July 2 ... Next, the camera pans across Auburn Avenue, where a large crowd of ... The Civil Rights Digital Library received support from a National Leadership...
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Ebenezer Baptist Church was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s childhood ...  "Church Of The Rock" Located outside of Estes Park, Colorado near St. Malo ... Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (MLK), 407 Auburn Ave., Atlanta ..... Popular locations in Atlanta's Civil Rights District include Martin Luther King Jr.'s tomb (shown), .... leader of the Civil Rights movement in America was born, the church where...
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Stories: Social Injustice in the Landscape - National Park Service ...  King led the members of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, while ... at Ebenezer Baptist Church in the Auburn Avenue community with his father. ... skilled craftsmen, laborers, and domestics all resided on or near Auburn, ... Civil Rights Movement of one of its most effective and respected leaders.
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Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia (1885  ) | The Black ...  Williams' powerful sermons and strong leadership skills increased the number of ... Ebenezer Baptist Church members attended his installation service in large numbers. ... the King home on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta's historic Sweet Auburn district. ... There is a visitor center with an American civil rights movement museum...
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Memorial Amphitheater - Arlington National Cemetery  The Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, was dedicated on May 15, 1920. ... 3 of the cemetery, near the Memorial Amphitheater he campaigned to build. President Woodrow Wilson placed its cornerstone Oct. 13, 1915. ... "When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen.".
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WHERE THE SOMEBODIES ARE BURIED - The Washington Post  Oct 25, 1991 ... You're all set! .... Boxer Joe Louis, who died in 1981, is buried at Arlington. ..... President Woodrow Wilson, after his debilitating stroke, reportedly sat in ... Adm. George Dewey, a charter member of the cathedral's governing body, ... Nobel Peace Prize recipient Cordell Hull is buried in the St. Joseph's crypt.
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Free Flashcards about AMERICAN HISTORY - StudyStack  AMONG THE 10 MODERN MARTYRS WHO WILL HAVE STATUES IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY IS THIS AMERICAN, 1929-1968, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
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Benjamin Hooks - Civil Rights Activist, Minister, Judge, Lawyer ...  Apr 2, 2014 ... Born in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1925, Benjamin Hooks became a lawyer and ... From 1977 until 1993, Hooks headed the NAACP. ... board of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization led by Martin Luther King Jr. ... Hooks left the FCC in order to become executive director of the...
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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1929-1968 : "Free at last, free at last ...  Other Titles: "Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last." Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. : funeral services, Ebenezer Baptist Church, April 9, 1968...
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About NCRM - National Civil Rights Museum  The Lorraine Motel. The Lorraine Civil Rights Museum Foundation, DBA National Civil Rights Museum, is located at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the historic site where civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968.
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Burying the Emperor - John Ryle  Twenty-five years after his death, Emperor Haile Selassie is laid to rest in Addis Ababa. ... in the Ethiopian year 1993November 5th, 2000, in the Gregorian calendar. ... I watched as the remains of Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, ... perfumed crypt of Ba'ata Mariam, near the tomb of his predecessor Menilek II.
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Benjamin L. Hooks, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 85 - The New York ...  Apr 15, 2010 ... Benjamin L. Hooks, Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 85 ... told Ebony magazine soon after he became the association's executive director in 1977. ... In 1951, while working as a lawyer with his own practice in Memphis, he wed Frances ... to the N.A.A.C.P. increased to $3.7 million in 1993 from $696,000 in 1978.
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Grant's Tomb - Wikipedia  Grant's Tomb, now formally known as General Grant National Memorial, is the final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant (18221885), the 18th President of the United States, and his wife, Julia Dent Grant (18261902). Completed in 1897, the tomb is located in Riverside Park in the Morningside ... Riverside was selected by myself and my family as the burial place of my...
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Travel: A career blooms from the ground up  Feb 11, 2001 ... Surely it took more than peanuts to make his a household name. ... At the national monument, visitors meet both George Carver the child and Dr. Carver the man. ... 5, 1943, and is buried on the grounds of Tuskegee Institute.
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Free Flashcards about BLACK HISTORY MO. - StudyStack  HER EPITAPH, "EXCUSE MY DUST" IS FAMOUS; HOWEVER, FEW KNOW THAT IT'S ON A PLAQUE AT NAACP HEADQUARTERS, WHERE HER ASHES...
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Benjamin Hooks - Wikipedia  Benjamin Lawson Hooks (January 31, 1925  April 15, 2010) was an American civil rights leader. A Baptist minister and practicing attorney, he served as executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1977 to 1992, and throughout his career was a vocal campaigner for civil ... Negro Leadership (RCNL), a leading civil rights organization in Mississippi.
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7 Things You Should Know About Medgar Evers - History in the ...  Jun 11, 2013 ... As a civil rights leader, he fought to end the racial injustice he ... on June 12, 1963, NAACP field secretary and civil rights leader Medgar Evers was ... Due to his wartime service, Evers was buried in Arlington National Cemetery with full military ... Returning to Mississippi after the war, Evers attended Alcorn...
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BBC News | AFRICA | Haile Selassie laid to rest  Sunday, 5 November, 2000, 17:17 GMT. Haile Selassie laid to rest ... 'living god'. Ethiopia's last emperor, Haile Selassie, has finally been laid to rest in Addis Ababa's Trinity Cathedral, more than 25 years after his mysterious death.
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Death of Frederick Douglass - History Engine: Tools for ...  His body was later brought to Rochester, N.Y., where he was laid to rest. ... author, publisher of the North Star, orator, an antislavery activist and station master' of the Rochester terminus of the Underground Railroad, U.S. Marshall of the ... Immediately following his death, some newspapers around the country ran small...
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St. Peter's Cemetery | Visit Mississippi  William Faulkner gravesite: His wife Estelle and stepson Malcolm Franklin are also ... Get Directions: Jefferson Avenue and North Sixteenth Street, Oxford, MS.