- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Atlanta
- Date of Original:
- 1993
- Subject:
- Streets--Georgia--Atlanta
Street signs--Georgia--Atlanta
Signs and signboards--Georgia--Atlanta
Street names--Georgia--Atlanta
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Streets named after Martin Luther King Jr. are common and controversial landscape features. Found in towns and cities across the country, these streets are most prevalent in Georgia.
Photograph of a man standing at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive near Morris Brown college in Atlanta, Georgia. In Martin Luther King Jr.'s hometown of Atlanta, commercial interests opposed the naming of a street in his honor, though without success. Today, Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, on the west side of the city, is the location of significant development and a major landmark in the city's tourism industry. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/martin-luther-king-jr-streets-in-georgia/m-1659/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Special Collections & Archives, Georgia State University Library - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/martin-luther-king-jr-streets-georgia
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia
Atlanta Journal-Constitution Photographic Archive - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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