Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta, USA, 1968 and 2021
On April 9, 1968, Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) was swarmed with people paying their respects to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate had been assassinated five days before, shocking the nation and leaving a legacy of peaceful activism toward a world of racial equality.
King himself delivered the eulogy, through a recording taken during his last sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he said at his funeral he didn’t want to be remembered for his awards or honors, but that he tried to feed the hungry, be right on the war question (referring to the Vietnam War in the late 1960s), and “love and serve humanity.” The 1968 photo was taken as his funeral procession started. The Ebenezer Baptist Church now stands quietly as a symbol of Dr. King’s work and continues a ministry based in social justice.
