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International Civil Rights Walk of Fame
The promenade as seen in 2012

The International Civil Rights Walk of Fame is a special outdoor pathway. It honors brave people who fought for civil rights in the Civil Rights Movement and around the world. Civil rights are basic rights and freedoms that all people should have, like fairness and equal treatment. This Walk of Fame was started in 2004. You can find it at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. It's not just a path; it's an outdoor museum. It shows the footstep impressions of these heroes, carved in granite and bronze.

The National Park Service helps run this historic site. They created the Walk of Fame to celebrate "courageous soldiers of justice." These are people who worked hard to make equality real for everyone. The Walk of Fame adds important history and culture to the area. It has become a popular place for visitors.

The idea for the Walk of Fame came from Xernona Clayton. She is an American civil rights activist and a leader in broadcasting. About 800,000 people visit the Walk of Fame each year.

New people are added to the Walk of Fame every two years, starting in 2012. In 2019, it was announced that part of the Walk of Fame would move. It will also be at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights in downtown Atlanta.

People Honored: A List of Inductees

This section lists the amazing people who have been honored on the Walk of Fame.

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

  • Rev. Dr. C. M. Alexander
  • Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., a business leader
  • Dr. Erieka Bennett
  • Roberto Goizueta, CEO of Coca-Cola
  • Cathy Hughes, a business leader in radio and television
  • Earvin "Magic" Johnson, a basketball star and businessman
  • The Links, Incorporated, a group of professional African-American women
  • Sam Massell, a businessman and mayor of Atlanta
  • Ernest N. Morial, mayor of New Orleans
  • Father Michael L. Pfleger, a Roman Catholic priest and social activist
  • Rev. Al Sharpton, a social justice leader and media figure
  • Congressman William L. Clay, Sr., a long-serving member of the US House of Representatives
  • Rev. C. T. Vivian, a minister and Martin Luther King associate

2010

  • 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. Watson

2011

2012

  • 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. Young

2014

2016

  • Dr. Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist from the Selma movement
  • Rev. Dr. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, a pastor, giver to good causes, author, and speaker
  • Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, a pastor and community activist
  • Rev. Dr. Jim Holley, a pastor known for his "ministry of liberation"
  • Gordon L. Joyner, an important Atlanta lawyer
  • Rev. Dr. Raphael Gamaliel Warnock, a pastor and defender of civil and human rights

2018

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

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