FOR ANYONE RAISED in or around Atlanta, Martin Luther King Jr. is first and foremost associated with the city where he was born and raised. We Atlantans take pride in the fact that Dr. King grew up on Auburn Avenue, the downtown thoroughfare cutting through the neighborhood of Sweet Auburn. On my travels throughout the South, I’ve seen traces of King everywhere—on street signs and in civil rights museums—but it’s been many years since I’ve followed his footsteps in my own city. So on a recent winter day, I went looking for the roots of King’s legacy in an integral part of Black Atlanta.

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Persons: Martin Luther King Jr, King, it’s, I’ve Organizations: Auburn Locations: Atlanta, Sweet Auburn, Black Atlanta