The best places to see Atlanta's Civil Rights Monuments

Attractions in Atlanta Dedicated to Civil Rights

 

As the spiritual center of the American civil rights movement, Atlanta is widely regarded as a major hub for the movement. Nevertheless, African Americans in the city had been paving the way for tumult and change even before Martin Luther King Jr. and Andrew Young became icons of the movement.

 

The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park is home to a number of the city's civil rights monuments, but there are others, such as a statue of Dr. King at the Georgia State Capitol.

 

The following are ten of our favorite monuments. The city's legacy is made up of familiar and less familiar monuments.

 

Atlanta Civil Rights Monuments You Must See

Martin Luther King Jr. Statue

The Georgia Capitol houses this MLK statue.

In the American civil rights movement, Martin Luther King Jr. is regarded as one of the most important figures. A graduate of Booker T. Washington High School and Morehouse College, Dr. King won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

 

Location: Georgia State Capitol

Artist: Martin Dawe

 

Andrew Young Statue

Come see Andrew Young in Downtown Atlanta.

During the Carter administration, Andrew Young became mayor of Atlanta and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Working with Dr. King at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, he coordinated efforts to desegregate the South.

 

A. Young International Boulevard and Spring Street are located at the corner

Artist: John Paul Harris

 

An insight into the life of John Wesley Dobbs as seen through his eyes

Jessica Nelson and Britney Nesbit, left to right, look through his eyes.

As Atlanta's unofficial mayor of famed Auburn Avenue, John Wesley Dobbs was a civic and political force.

 

In the vicinity of Auburn Avenue and Fort Street

Artist: Ralph Helmick

 

Charles Lincoln Harper Statue

Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School was the city's first African American high school after sixth grade. Its first principal was Charles Lincoln Harper. NAACP's Atlanta branch was under his leadership.

 

Ashby Garden Park is located at Ashby Circle NW and Mayson Turner Road

Artist: Ed Dwight

 

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Expelled Because of Their Color

They were expelled then reseated.

A monument honors African American legislators who were expelled from the Georgia General Assembly during Reconstruction because they were black. Henry McNeal Turner led the legislators in successfully lobbying the federal government for reelection. (New Georgia Encyclopedia).

 

Location: Georgia State Capitol

Artist: John Thomas Riddle Jr.

 

Benjamin Mays Statue

Ben Mays was Morehouse College's president from 1940 to 1967. He mentored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During his tenure as the first African American president of the Atlanta Board of Education, he oversaw the desegregation of Atlanta Public Schools.

 

Location: Morehouse College

Artist: Ed Dwight

 

A memorial mural to Martin Luther King Jr.

There's nothing like this 125-foot-long mural to make you stop in your tracks.

Among the civil rights icons honored in this mural are Rosa Parks, Bobby Kennedy, Malcolm X, and Emmett Till. Connor, the Birmingham segregationist who ordered police to turn dogs on civil rights demonstrators and fire hoses on them, is also depicted. Currently, the mural is being taken down to make way for improvements. Reinstalling it will be done in a different location.

 

Location: 450 Auburn Ave.

Artist: Louis Delsarte

 

Lifting the Veil of Ignorance

The original statue is duplicated in this statue.

Booker T. Washington Society says this statue represents Washington lifting the veil of ignorance from his people and represents education by a terrified slave holding a book. The Atlanta statue is an exact replica of the original, which stands on the ground of Tuskegee University and the Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site.

 

High school of Booker T. Washington

Artist: Charles Keck

 

Homage To King

Atlantans are very familiar with this popular artwork.

In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr., this steel sculpture welcomes visitors to the Park.

 

Freedom Parkway and Ponce de Leon Avenue intersection

Artist: Xavier Campaney Medina

 

Behold

African rituals involved raising the newborn up toward the heavens and reciting, Behold the only thing greater than yourself.

 

A National Historical Park dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.

Artist: Patrick Morelli

 

Find out more about Atlanta's civil rights history. The Atlanta National Center for Civil and Human Rights has an exhibit that evokes the lunch counter sit-ins of the 1960s with headphones delivering angry insults. A bike tour of Atlanta's Journey for Civil Rights can give you a better idea of this city's civil rights history.

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