Rare Photos of Martin Luther King Jr. at Home

Atlanta

In 1960, King and his family moved to the city of his birth, where King could work closer with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Atlanta
In 1960, King and his family moved to the city of his birth, where King could work more closely with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. The family rented a small house in a less-than-fashionable neighborhood and in the dining room King hung a photo of Mohandas Gandhi, whose message of nonviolent protest so greatly influenced him.

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