King Center for Nonviolent Social Change
The center was founded in 1968 by Coretta Scott King,[1] who started the organization in the basement of the couple's home in the year following the assassination of her husband in 1968.[2] In 1977, a memorial tomb was dedicated, and the remains of Martin Luther King Jr. were moved from South View Cemetery to the plaza that is nestled between the center and the church.Martin Luther King Jr.'s gravesite and a reflecting pool are also located next to Freedom Hall.[5] The center provides research, education and training programs on the principles, philosophy and methods of non-violence.[7] A non-exhaustive list of recipients includes: Cesar Chavez (1973); Stanley Levison and Kenneth Kaunda (1978); Rosa Parks (1980); Martin Luther King Sr. and Richard Attenborough (1983); Corazon Aquino (1987); Mikhail Gorbachev (1991); and, on April 4, 2018 – the 50th anniversary of King's assassination – Ben Ferencz and Bryan Stevenson.
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