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Atlanta, Georgia, is the only city in the world where two winners of the Nobel Peace Prize are honored. The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. received the award in 1964 for his leadership role in the civil rights movement of the 1960’s. President Jimmy Carter was honored in 2002 for his work in bring peace to the Middle East. Today, both men are recognized here for their outstanding achievements.

Jimmy Carter was raised on a peanut farm in Plaines, Georgia, graduated from the U.S. Navel Academy and served as a nuclear submarine commander before entering public life. He was elected the 76th Governor of Georgia in 1971 and ran a successful campaign for President of the United States in 1976 serving for a single term. Today, the Carter Presidential Library and Carter Center are major visitor attractions for tourists as will as residents of Atlanta and the surrounding area.

In December 1980, a site close to downtown Atlanta owned by the State of Georgia was selected for the Carter Library. The facility design included not only the presidential library, but also privately maintained space, including President Carter’s office, offices for foundations he supports, and the Carter Center of Emory University.

During construction temporary quarters were located in a former post office building in downtown Atlanta for the twenty-seven million pages of paper and other historical materials from the Carter presidency.

Ground breaking was held on October 2, 1984. Construction costs for the entire facility were $26 million, raised by donations from friends of President Carter from around the world. The building was dedicated and the museum opened to the public in 1986. The research room was opened in a year later.

In addition to many personal artifacts, the library features biographical information on Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter and information about the Carter Presidential Administration. The Library continues to acquire material on the Carters, on major figures in the Administration and about the Carters’ political or close personal friends. The Library is a popular destination for local student tour groups as well as adults and families from across the nation and world.

The Carter Center (adjacent to the Library) is dedicated to creating a world in which every man, woman, and child has the opportunity to enjoy good health and live in peace. In partnership with Emory University, the Center is committed to advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering. Founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, it has helped to improve the quality of life for people in more than 70 countries. The Carter Center wages peace, fights disease, and builds hope by both engaging with those at the highest levels of government and working side by side with poor and often forgotten people. The Carters, now both in their eighties, continue to be active in the Center’s work.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born and raised in Atlanta and today is honored in several locations. There is the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site operated by the National Park Service and his birthplace, the King family home, located nearby also operated by the Park Service. There is also the Martin Luther King Center including a small museum and the grave site of Dr. King and his wife Coretta Scott King.

The Center is operated by the King Family Foundation. Finally, there is the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where Dr. King was minister, like his father and grandfather before him. The historic church is currently undergoing extensive renovations and is closed to the public. The Ebenezer Baptist congregation has a new church building immediately across the street from its former home.

Dr. King’s leadership in the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott in 1955, raised him to national prominence and lead to his creation of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a major force in racial desegregation and the civil rights movement. On August 28, 1963, the largest protest demonstration in U.S. history occurred at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., where more than 250,000 blacks and whites gathered to lobby for passage of sweeping civil rights measures by Congress. Dr. King thrilled the crowd with his “I Have A Dream” speech.

King’s life and work is remembered in video presentations, exhibits, and through informative guided tours conducted by knowledgeable National Park Service personnel. Small groups with reservations are able to tour King’s birthplace and family home with a Park Service guide. This is a particularly interesting tour and provides considerable insight into King’s childhood and youth and how it influenced his adult life.

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