Sweet Auburn neighborhood

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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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African American neighborhood → historic district → neighborhood in Atlanta →
associatedWith	Atlanta Life Insurance Company → Ebenezer Baptist Church congregation → John Wesley Dobbs → Martin Luther King Jr. → Ralph David Abernathy → Southern Christian Leadership Conference →
characterizedBy	Black entrepreneurship → civic organizations → religious institutions → segregation-era Black business district →
country	United States →
governedBy	City of Atlanta →
hasHeritageDesignation	U.S. National Historic Landmark District → U.S. National Register of Historic Places district →
hasPart	Atlanta Life Insurance Company Building → Auburn Avenue NERFINISHED → Big Bethel AME Church → Ebenezer Baptist Church → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park → Odd Fellows Building and Auditorium → Prince Hall Masonic Temple (Atlanta) → Southern Christian Leadership Conference headquarters (historic) → Sweet Auburn Curb Market → The King Center →
historicalPeriodOfSignificance	Civil Rights era → 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, Georgia → Fulton County, Georgia NERFINISHED → U.S. state of Georgia →
locatedNear	Edgewood Avenue corridor → Georgia State University → Old Fourth Ward neighborhood →
namedAfter	Auburn Avenue NERFINISHED →
NHLDesignationDate	1976-05-06 →
NRHPListingDate	1976-05-06 →
NRHPReferenceNumber	76000629 →
partOf	Downtown Atlanta → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park (area overlap) →
transportation	served by Atlanta Streetcar →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia → Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park →	locatedIn
Historic Fire Station No. 6 → Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park ("Sweet Auburn Historic District") →	partOf
Historic Fire Station No. 6 ("Sweet Auburn African American business district") →	associatedWith
Historic Fire Station No. 6 ("Sweet Auburn Historic District") →	district