Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of America's greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace, remains an icon in American history. The Atlanta History Center is the first, and only, venue to exhibit highlights of the newly acquired Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection.
I Have A Dream: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection displays King's personal papers in his handwriting, documenting the progress of his campaign for human justice. This exhibition includes more than 600 pieces from the 10,000 piece collection which was acquired by the City of Atlanta, under the guidance of Mayor Shirley Franklin, for King's alma mater, Morehouse College. The remainder of the collection is housed at the Robert W. Woodruff Library, which is jointly owned by Morehouse and the member institutions of the Atlanta University Center.
Highlights of the exhibition include drafts of King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech, his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, sermons from his ministry, personal notes he maintained in hundreds of his books, and his celebrated "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Admission to the exhibit is free this weekend, May 5 and 6, and on Monday, May 7. The exhibit closes permanently on May 13, 2007. For more information, please visit the Atlanta History Center online at www.atlantahistorycenter.com or call 404.814.4000.
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