Sweet Auburn neighborhood

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Sweet Auburn neighborhood is a historic African American district in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned as the birthplace and childhood community of Martin Luther King Jr. and a center of Black culture, business, and civil rights history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf African American neighborhood
historic district
neighborhood in Atlanta
associatedWith Atlanta Life Insurance Company
Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation
John Wesley Dobbs
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ralph David Abernathy
linked to: Ralph Abernathy

Southern Christian Leadership Conference
characterizedBy Black entrepreneurship
civic organizations
religious institutions
segregation-era Black business district
country United States
governedBy City of Atlanta
linked to: Atlanta
hasHeritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places district
hasPart Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building
Auburn Avenue
Big Bethel AME Church
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park
Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium
Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta)
Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters (historic)
Sweet Auburn Curb Market
The King Center
historicalPeriodOfSignificance Civil Rights era
Jim Crow era
linked to: Jim Crow laws

early 20th century
knownFor African American history
Black cultural institutions
Black-owned businesses
birthplace community of Martin Luther King Jr.
civil rights history
role in the American Civil Rights Movement
locatedIn Atlanta, Georgia
linked to: Atlanta

Fulton County, Georgia
U.S. state of Georgia
locatedNear Edgewood Avenue corridor
Georgia State University
Old Fourth Ward neighborhood
namedAfter Auburn Avenue
NHLDesignationDate 1976-05-06
NRHPListingDate 1976-05-06
NRHPReferenceNumber 76000629
partOf Downtown Atlanta
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park (area overlap)
transportation served by Atlanta Streetcar

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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park partOf Sweet Auburn Historic District
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia locatedIn Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Historic Fire Station No. 6 partOf Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Historic Fire Station No. 6 district Sweet Auburn Historic District
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Historic Fire Station No. 6 associatedWith Sweet Auburn African American business district
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Downtown Atlanta contains Sweet Auburn Historic District vicinity
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
King Center in Atlanta locatedIn Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Alonzo Herndon businessHeadquarters Sweet Auburn district, Atlanta
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
MARTA Streetcar serves Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta) partOf Sweet Auburn Historic District
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building relatedTo Sweet Auburn Historic District
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood
Atlanta Life Insurance Company partOf Sweet Auburn Historic District
linked to: Sweet Auburn neighborhood