Significance (click here)
The Birth Home is nationally significant under
Criterion B (persons) as the birthplace and boyhood home of Martin
Luther King, Jr., a nationally recognized civil rights leader. King's
own autobiographical writings as well as the written and taped
recollections of his father and sister document his childhood in this
house. King's national significance as an adult civil rights leader is
documented below in chapter 2. The Birth Home is also locally
significant under Criterion A (events) as a component of the larger
Auburn Avenue black community.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is nationally significant
under Criterion B (persons) as a place where King spent much of his
youth and where his mature beliefs and values began to take shape.
Ebenezer Baptist Church is an extremely significant link to Martin
Luther King, Jr.'s formative years....
