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Memorial to MLK Jr. needs repairs PDF Print E-mail
Written by DeadGirl   
Wednesday, 09 February 2005
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA -- The memorial where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is buried needs $11.6 million in repairs, according to a National Park Service report. Problems include fire hazards and leaks at the center's archive building, which houses King's papers and other important documents from the civil rights movement, according to the report, which was obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

"I was surprised at the extent of the problems," said Frank Catroppa, superintendent of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site.

The King family controls the 24-year-old center through a nonprofit corporation. The National Park Service manages the site but does not operate the King Center.

Andrew Young, a former Atlanta mayor and King Center board member, said the center is in "a slow deterioration" but cannot afford to make repairs.

"The King Center has very little resources for maintenance," said Young, the only one of the board's nine directors who is not a King family member. He was a close associate of King and was with him when he was assassinated in Memphis in 1968.

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who fought for civil rights alongside King in the 1960s, told the newspaper in Thursday's editions that he would be willing to seek federal assistance for the center.

Founded by King's wife, Coretta Scott King, in the basement of her home in 1968, the King Center was built in 1981. It consists of Freedom Hall, a reflective pool and tomb, and an administration and archives building.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apus_story.asp?category=1110&slug=King%20Center%20Repairs
 
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