Here Are All The MLK Day Events In Atlanta

Martin Luther King Day is observed Monday, Jan. 21, 2019 around the country, including Atlanta. There are many Atlanta events going on in the city on this day.

MLK has special significance to Atlanta. The former reverend and civil rights leader was born and raised here in Atlanta, growing up on Auburn Avenue. He led marches in Selma, Alabama and Memphis, Tennessee, but his heart was in Atlanta.

Here are the MLK Day events in Atlanta for 2019

King graduated from Atlanta’s own Morehouse College and began a life of service at Ebenezer Baptist Church, in the footsteps of his father.

Here are all the MLK Day events in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 21.

MLK Day 5K Drum Run

Piedmont Park – see more information

Atlanta History Center

Free admission at the Atlanta History Center Midtown for MLK Day
Monday January 21, 2019 10:00 am EST until closing
Atlanta History Center Free

Oakland Cemetery

Celebrate the birthday of the famed Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King JR with this free to the public tour celebrating the accomplishments and lives of African Americans that stood with him. 248 Oakland Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312. Free.

Martin Luther King play

January 21, 2019 (5 p.m.)
18.5 miles south

Martin Luther King Jr. meets Malcolm X to debate the future of the civil rights movement in the fictional drama The Meeting at Clayton County Performing Arts Center in Jonesboro.

Fayetteville celebration

January 21, 2019
19.2 miles south

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Parade & Programhas a breakfast for sale at 9 to 10 a.m., a parade at 10:30 a.m., and an indoor program at 11:30 a.m.

MLK Day in McDonough

January 21, 2019
32 miles SE

The MLK Celebration in McDonough includes:

  • Jan. 19 (9:30 a.m.) – prayer breakfast
  • Jan. 21 (10 a.m.) – parade/peace march

MLK Day parades

January 21, 2019
three locations

MLK Day march & rally

January 21, 2019
0.2 miles north

Martin Luther King, Jr., March and Rally assembles at 1 p.m. at Peachtree Street and Baker Street, and the march begins at 1:45 p.m. Free.

MLK Day for kids

January 21, 2019
0.4 miles NW

The Children’s Museum of Atlanta has special events (music, stories, and performances). Admission cost.

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