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International Civil Rights Walk of Fame

April 09, 2024

The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame is a historic promenade that honors some of the activists involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other national and global civil rights activists. It was created in 2004, and is located at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. The site is more than just a promenade; it is an outdoor exhibit that showcases, in granite and bronze, the footstep impressions of those honored.[1]

The promenade as seen in 2012

According to the National Park Service, which runs the historic site, the Walk of Fame was created "to give recognition to those courageous soldiers of justice who sacrificed and struggled to make equality a reality for all." The Walk of Fame has enriched historic value and cultural heritage to the area it is located, priming it into a tourist attraction.[1]

The Walk of Fame is a product of Xernona Clayton, an American civil rights activist and executive broadcaster.[2] In the National Historic Site location the Walk of Fame gets around 800,000 visitors a year.[3]

Beginning in 2012, inductions will be held every two years.[4]

In 2019 it was announced that the Walk of Fame would be partially relocating to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta.[3]

List of inductees edit

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2016 edit

  • Dr. Amelia Boynton Robinson, civil rights activist from the Selma movement
  • Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, pastor, philanthropist, author, motivational speaker
  • Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, pastor, community activist
  • Rev. Dr. Jim Holley, Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church pastor, "ministry of liberation"
  • Gordon L. Joyner, influential Atlanta lawyer
  • Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, pastor, defender of civil and human rights

2018 edit

  • Jan Prisby Bryson, business executive
  • Thomas W. Dortch Jr., national chair of 100 Black Men of America
  • Monica Kaufman Pearson, broadcast journalist
  • Sir Franklyn R. Wilson, Bahamian businessman

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame". NPS.gov.
  2. ^ "Xernona Clayton". NPS.gov.
  3. ^ a b Poole, Shelia M. (May 10, 2019). "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame will have new home". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
  4. ^ "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees". The Birmingham Times. December 19, 2013.

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The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame is a historic promenade that honors some of the activists involved in the Civil Rights Movement and other national and global civil rights activists It was created in 2004 and is located at the Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site in Atlanta The site is more than just a promenade it is an outdoor exhibit that showcases in granite and bronze the footstep impressions of those honored 1 The promenade as seen in 2012According to the National Park Service which runs the historic site the Walk of Fame was created to give recognition to those courageous soldiers of justice who sacrificed and struggled to make equality a reality for all The Walk of Fame has enriched historic value and cultural heritage to the area it is located priming it into a tourist attraction 1 The Walk of Fame is a product of Xernona Clayton an American civil rights activist and executive broadcaster 2 In the National Historic Site location the Walk of Fame gets around 800 000 visitors a year 3 Beginning in 2012 inductions will be held every two years 4 In 2019 it was announced that the Walk of Fame would be partially relocating to the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta 3 Contents 1 List of inductees 1 1 2004 1 2 2005 1 3 2006 1 4 2007 1 5 2008 1 6 2009 1 7 2010 1 8 2011 1 9 2012 1 10 2014 1 11 2016 1 12 2018 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksList of inductees edit2004 edit Ralph David Abernathy Sr civil rights leader who had a close and enduring partnership with Dr King Juanita J Abernathy civil rights activist Ivan Allen Jr former mayor of Atlanta during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s Julian Bond civil rights leader Jimmy Carter 39th President of the United States Medgar Evers civil rights activist Dorothy Height educator social activist Jesse L Jackson Sr minister civil rights activist Judge Frank M Johnson United States Federal judge Lyndon Baines Johnson 36th President of the United States John Lewis politician civil rights leader Joseph E Lowery minister civil rights leader Evelyn G Lowery civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall former US Supreme Court Justice 1969 1991 Rosa Parks civil rights activist Hosea Williams civil rights leader Andrew Young civil rights activist former mayor of Atlanta2005 edit Henry Aaron baseball player social activist Harry Belafonte musician actor social activist John Conyers Jr politician social activist Dick Gregory comedian social activist Maynard H Jackson former mayor of Atlanta Ralph E McGill journalist social activist Fred L Shuttlesworth social activist Ted Turner media mogul and philanthropist Judge Elbert P Tuttle former chief judge of the US Court of Appeals 1960 1967 Nancy Wilson singer social activist Reverend Addie L Wyatt Labor leader civil rights pioneer pastor2006 edit Reverend Joseph E Boone social activist Reverend William Holmes Borders Sr Xernona Clayton civil rights leader broadcasting executive Lena Horne singer actress social activist John E Jacob former president and CEO of the National Urban League Reverend James Orange pastor civil rights activist Bernard Parks politician social activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu South African cleric social activist William Clinton 42nd President of the United States Stevie Wonder singer civil rights activist2007 edit Lerone Bennett Jr scholar author historian social activist Tony Bennett singer social activist Marian Wright Edelman social activist for the rights of children Shirley Franklin 58th mayor of Atlanta Frankie Muse Freeman civil rights attorney Joe Louis boxer social activist Sir Lynden Pindling former Premier of the Colony of the Bahama Island 1967 1973 Sidney Poitier actor social activist Dr Otis W Smith physician Maxine Waters politician social activist L Douglas Wilder former governor of Virginia Jean Childs Young civil rights activist and educator2008 edit Dr Maya Angelou poet memoirist actress Senator Edward W Brooke social activist politician Tyrone L Brooks Sr social activist politician Sammy Davis Jr singer dancer Jesse Hill business executive Dr Benjamin Hooks established Benjamin L Hooks Institute for Social Change Clarence B Jones Martin Luther King s attorney Tom Joyner radio host The Right Honorable Prime Minister Michael Manley former Prime Minister of Jamaica Herman J Russell founder and CEO of H J Russell and Company Dr Wyatt Tee Walker executive director of the SCLC 1960 19642009 edit Rev Dr C M Alexander Danny J Bakewell Sr entrepreneur Dr Erieka Bennett Roberto Goizueta CEO of Coca Cola Cathy Hughes entrepreneur radio and television personality and business executive Earvin Magic Johnson basketball great and businessman The Links Incorporated nonprofit organization of professional African American women Sam Massell businessman and mayor of Atlanta Ernest N Morial mayor of New Orleans Father Michael L Pfleger Roman Catholic priest and social activist Rev Al Sharpton social justice agitator and media figure Congressman William L Clay Sr long serving member of US House of Representatives from Missouri Rev C T Vivian minister and Martin Luther King associate2010 edit Congressman James E Clyburn Judge Damon J Keith Rev Samuel Billy Kyles National Newspaper Publishers Association Eugene C Patterson Albert Sampson Rita Jackson Samuels Congresswoman Diane E Watson2011 edit Arthur Blank James Brown Rev Dr Gerald Durley Bishop Neil C Ellis Leon Hall Bishop Barbara King Marc H Morial Mayor Carl Stokes Congressman Louis Stokes Henry Hank Thomas2012 edit Rev Willie Bolden J T Johnson and the Civil Rights Foot Soldiers Rev Dr E T Caviness Dosan Ahn Chang ho Constance W Curry Fred D Gray Rev Theodore M Hesburgh Charles J Ogletree Dr Walter F Young2014 edit Bishop John Hurst Adams Governor Roy Barnes John Carlos Tommie Smith Perry Gladstone Christie Prime Minister of the Bahamas Dr Norman C Frances Harry E Johnson Representative Calvin Smyre Thomas N Todd Rev Jasper W Williams Jr 2016 edit Dr Amelia Boynton Robinson civil rights activist from the Selma movement Rev Dr Jamal Harrison Bryant pastor philanthropist author motivational speaker Rev Dr Frederick D Haynes III pastor community activist Rev Dr Jim Holley Historic Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church pastor ministry of liberation Gordon L Joyner influential Atlanta lawyer Rev Dr Raphael Gamaliel Warnock pastor defender of civil and human rights2018 edit Jan Prisby Bryson business executive Thomas W Dortch Jr national chair of 100 Black Men of America Monica Kaufman Pearson broadcast journalist Sir Franklyn R Wilson Bahamian businessmanSee also editList of civil rights leadersReferences edit a b The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame NPS gov Xernona Clayton NPS gov a b Poole Shelia M May 10 2019 International Civil Rights Walk of Fame will have new home The Atlanta Journal Constitution International Civil Rights Walk of Fame Announces 2014 Inductees The Birmingham Times December 19 2013 External links editInternational 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