The home of Martin Luther King Jr., capital of the New South and 'the city too busy to hate' is again in the spotlight of protest and change related to the country's race relations, from Black Lives Matter to the presidential election.
Atlanta The home of Martin Luther King Jr., capital of the New South and"the city too busy to hate" is again in the spotlight of protest and change related to the country's race relations, from Black Lives Matter to the presidential election.
Recent violence will lead to grieving in a historic location Tuesday in Atlanta. Rayshard Brooks, an African American killed by Atlanta police in a Wendy's parking lot, will be remembered at a funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was co-pastor until his 1968 assassination.A man kneels at the memorial for Rayshard Brooks on June 14 at the Wendy's restaurant where Brooks was shot two days earlier.King's daughter, the Rev. Bernice A.
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