Martin Luther King, Junior and his wife Coretta Scott King are buried together in an above ground grave across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Burial Place Of Martin Luther King, Junior And Coretta Scott King
Category: Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Park
The Burial Place Of Martin Luther King, Junior And Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights leader, Martin Luther King, Junior was buried in Atlanta, Georgia, near the Ebinizer church, where his father used to be a pastor and were Martin Luther King, Junior delivered his last sermon at, after he was assassinated by a white supremacist.
On January 15, 1982, Martin Luther King’s gravesite, his birth home, and the Ebenezer Baptist Church became part of the Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Park.
In 2006, after Coretta Scott King’s passing, she was laid to rest next to Martin Luther King, Junior above ground, surrounded by a pool of water.
The Birth Home Of Martin Luther King, Junior
On January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King, Junior was born in a home in Atlanta, Georgia. The site of his birth is now part of the Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Park.
The Ebenezer Baptist Church – Site Where Martin Luther King, Senior Pastored And Where His Son Gave His Last Sermon
In 1885, Ebenezer Baptist Church was founded by Pastor John Andrew Parker, a former slave, in Atlanta, Georgia as a predominantly African American congregation.
Martin Luther King, Senior the father of Martin Luther King, Junior, began to preach at the church in the 1900s.
King’s son, Martin Luther King, Junior, was offered to pastor at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. However, his son turned down the offer and became the pastor at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church.
Martin Luther King, Junior utilized the pulpit at Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church to accelerate the modern civil rights movement that had been iniciated by events such as Port Chicago, the Tuskegee Airmen, and other events in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
On Febuary 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Junior gave his last sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Presently, the Ebenezer Baptist Church, is part of the Martin Luther King, Junior Memorial Park.
