Massive 'I Have a Dream' exhibit may never be equaled (Atlanta)
Martin Luther King Jr. comes alive not only on the page, but in photographs, recordings and old news footage in the historic display of his personal papers titled "I Have a Dream: The Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection," scheduled to open Monday at the Atlanta History Center.
The exhibition, which encompasses some 600 artifacts — including college exams and books from King's library as well as handwritten sermon texts — is likely to be the last time so many of the documents will be shown together, according to the Atlanta History Center's executive director, James Bruns.
The exhibit — which traces King's evolution from student to pastor to civil rights leader, ending with the speech he made hours before he was slain in 1968 — is taken from a collection of more than 10,000 King documents purchased for $32 million by a consortium of Atlanta interests last year. Now under the stewardship of Morehouse College and stored at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center, the trove will likely be the foundation of a future civil rights museum in Atlanta.
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The exhibition, which encompasses some 600 artifacts — including college exams and books from King's library as well as handwritten sermon texts — is likely to be the last time so many of the documents will be shown together, according to the Atlanta History Center's executive director, James Bruns.
The exhibit — which traces King's evolution from student to pastor to civil rights leader, ending with the speech he made hours before he was slain in 1968 — is taken from a collection of more than 10,000 King documents purchased for $32 million by a consortium of Atlanta interests last year. Now under the stewardship of Morehouse College and stored at the Robert W. Woodruff Library at the Atlanta University Center, the trove will likely be the foundation of a future civil rights museum in Atlanta.