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tures a sophisticated video re-creation of that pivotal moment that launched the 1955
boycott. While it is true that she worked as a tailor, do not believe the myth that Parks
was simply an ordinary woman pushed too far.
She was an activist with a sharp, strategic intellect who volunteered for the local Na-
tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter and was trained in the
principles of nonviolent civil disobedience before her moment arrived.
Civil Rights Memorial Center
MEMORIAL
(
www.civilrightsmemorialcenter.org
; 400 Washington Ave; adult/child $2/free; 9am-4:30pm
Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm Sat)
With its circular design crafted by Maya Lin, this haunting me-
morial focuses on 40 martyrs of the Civil Rights movement, all murdered senselessly.
Some cases remain unsolved. Martin Luther King Jr was the most famous, but there were
many 'faceless' deaths along the way, white and African American alike.
The memorial is part of the Southern Poverty Law Center, a legal foundation commit-
ted to racial equality and equal opportunity for justice under the law. They are best
known for their landmark victory in 1987 that found the Ku Klux Klan responsible for
the death of a young black man, Michael Donald, in 1981. The judgmment bankrupted
the Klan nationwide.
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Church
CHURCH
( 334-263-3970;
www.dexterkingmemorial.org
;
454 Dexter Ave; adult/child 3-12yr $10/6;
10am-4pm Tue-Fri, to 2pm Sat)
Formerly known as Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, here a
26-year-old Atlanta minister began his long march toward freedom. Built in 1885, Martin
Luther King was the minister here (he planned the Montgomery bus boycott from his of-
fice) from 1954 to 1960. The nearby
Dexter Parsonage Museum
, is the humble house
where King lived with his family. It was bombed in 1956.
One-hour tours must be booked in advance.
Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.fitzgeraldmuseum.net
; 919 Felder Ave; donation adult/child $5/2; 10am-2pm Wed-Fri,
1-5pm Sat & Sun)
The writers' home from 1931 to 1932 now houses first editions, transla-
tions and original artwork including a mysterious self-portrait of Zelda. We loved the
handwritten letters from Zelda to Scott, and the typed letters from Scott to his great foil
and friend, Ernest Hemingway.
Hank Williams Museum
MUSEUM
