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Corretta Scott King and others at building ground breaking

circa 1980

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries
Chapel Hill, NC, United States

This image shows Corretta Scott King, Maynard Jackson (former mayor of Atlanta), and others at a building groundbreaking. This is likely the groundbreaking for The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site in in Atlanta, Ga. Images from this event can found in the Marcus and Yetta Danneman Papers on the King Family. Marcus and Yetta Danneman owned a grocery store across the street from Ebenezer Baptist church.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill – University Libraries

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