Sweet Auburn neighborhood

E90405
African American neighborhood historic district neighborhood in Atlanta

Sweet Auburn neighborhood is a historic African American district in Atlanta, Georgia, renowned as the birthplace and childhood community of Martin Luther King Jr. and a center of Black culture, business, and civil rights history.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sweet Auburn neighborhood canonical 6
Sweet Auburn Historic District 5
Sweet Auburn African American business district 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African American neighborhood ⓘ
historic district ⓘ
neighborhood in Atlanta ⓘ
associatedWith Atlanta Life Insurance Company ⓘ
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation

John Wesley Dobbs ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
Ralph Abernathy ⓘ
surface form: Ralph David Abernathy

Southern Christian Leadership Conference ⓘ
characterizedBy Black entrepreneurship ⓘ
civic organizations ⓘ
religious institutions ⓘ
segregation-era Black business district ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
governedBy Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: City of Atlanta
hasHeritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark District ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places district
hasPart Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building ⓘ
Auburn Avenue ⓘ
Big Bethel AME Church ⓘ
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
surface form: Ebenezer Baptist Church

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ⓘ
Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium ⓘ
Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta) ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ⓘ
surface form: Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters (historic)

Sweet Auburn Curb Market ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change ⓘ
surface form: The King Center
historicalPeriodOfSignificance American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights era

Jim Crow laws ⓘ
surface form: Jim Crow era

early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor African American history ⓘ
Black cultural institutions ⓘ
Black-owned businesses ⓘ
birthplace community of Martin Luther King Jr. ⓘ
civil rights history ⓘ
role in the American Civil Rights Movement ⓘ
locatedIn Atlanta ⓘ
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia

Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
U.S. state of Georgia ⓘ
locatedNear Edgewood Avenue corridor ⓘ
Georgia State University ⓘ
Old Fourth Ward neighborhood ⓘ
namedAfter Auburn Avenue ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate 1976-05-06 ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1976-05-06 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 76000629 ⓘ
partOf Downtown Atlanta ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park (area overlap)
transportation served by Atlanta Streetcar ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → locatedIn → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → partOf → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District
Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change → locatedIn → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia → locatedIn → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Historic Fire Station No. 6 → partOf → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Historic Fire Station No. 6 → district → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District
Historic Fire Station No. 6 → associatedWith → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn African American business district
Downtown Atlanta → contains → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District vicinity
King Center in Atlanta → locatedIn → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Alonzo Herndon → businessHeadquarters → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn district, Atlanta
MARTA Streetcar → serves → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta) → partOf → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District
Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building → relatedTo → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District
Atlanta Life Insurance Company → partOf → Sweet Auburn neighborhood ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sweet Auburn Historic District