The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta, Georgia (established in 1980) includes King’s boyhood home and the Ebenezer Baptist Church (he and his father had been pastors there). It also features the Civil Rights Walk, a Gandhi statue, the World Peace Rose Garden, the King Center, a colorful mural about King’ life, The Freedom Walk, The Chapel of All Faiths, a modern church, an internal flame and last but not least a reflecting pool and the tombs of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King.
MLK Historic Site, Atlanta – In Another Minute (Week 82)
My original intent was to make a 1-minute video about my entire trip to Atlanta, where I had gone this week for a screening of my documentary All God’s Children at PushPush Theater and to visit my friends Debbie and Rob and maybe catch a glimpse of Mike and Pat.
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| Sign in the Martin Luther King, Jr “I have a dream” World Peace Rose Garden |
As mentioned above, there are quite a few elements to the historic site, but I was most taken in by the restored church, with Martin Luther King Jr.’s original microphone and his voice booming over the speakers. What a man, what a beautiful message of equality and peace! So fitting again in our time right now with all the protests here in America and overseas.
The snippets you hear seem to be excerpts from a variation of the “I have a dream” speech.
my plan is to upload a few photos of the Atlanta visuals that didn’t
make it into the video (street art, Oakland cemetery, etc.) to my Flicker page instead.
especially happy to finally have my dear friend Debbie Foreman in a
video. She has been by far my biggest supporter in this “In A Minute”
endeavor – not counting Scott, who’s great at giving me constructive
feedback while I’m editing.
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| MLK speech excerpt is part of a large mural at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta |
If you want to see more, please check out my photo blog post: Photos from the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site (Atlanta).