Why will the Center for Civil and Human Rights be in Atlanta?
Atlanta and Georgia as a whole played a unique and principal leadership role in the modern civil rights movements. Atlanta was the meeting place for leaders and organizations from SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) to SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) to CORE (Congress of Racial Equality). The people, ideas and institutions in Atlanta and Georgia continue to influence and shape human rights efforts nationally and internationally. From women’s rights to gay rights to freedom movements across all of the continents, Atlanta is a key place for discussing these issues. Atlanta is one of only two cities in the world with two Nobel Peace Prize Winners: Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and President Jimmy Carter.
