- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sweet Auburn
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Dwellings--Georgia--Atlanta
United States. National Park Service
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Women--Georgia--Atlanta
African American men--Georgia--Atlanta
African American women--Georgia--Atlanta
Offices--Georgia--Atlanta
Neighborhood--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic sites--Georgia--Atlanta
Buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Porches--Georgia--Atlanta
Historic buildings--Georgia--Atlanta
Trees--Georgia--Atlanta
Shrubs--Georgia--Atlanta
Sidewalks--Georgia--Atlanta
Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site (Atlanta, Ga.)
Atlanta (Ga.)--Buildings, structures, etc. - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The Sweet Auburn neighborhood was the heart of the Black residential and business community in the first part of the twentieth century. Pictured in the foreground is an administrative office of the National Park Service, which maintains the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in the neighborhood.
Photograph of an administrative office of the National Park Service, which maintains the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. The office is housed in a former home, which is two stories tall and features a front porch spanning the width of the house. Two visitors approach the building. The Sweet Auburn neighborhood was the heart of the Black residential and business community in the first part of the twentieth century. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/auburn-avenue-sweet-auburn/m-4199/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Georgia Department of Economic Development. Please do not use any images without permission
Georgia Department of Economic Development - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/segregation
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/auburn-avenue-sweet-auburn
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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