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‘The ‘cenler, to be developed in two parts, will be funded by: | grants from foundations, corpo” rations and private gifts. I will operate under a first- year budget of $150,000. Tn announcing éreation of the Martin Luther King Jr. Meme- rial Center, Mrs. King. said the facilily will seek te extend: her husband’s. best hopes and dreams. - Mrs. King said the center will attempt to meet the needs fac- ing black people, but all persons. are Invited to parthcipaie in it in J ihe search for creative ways to ‘Jiberate the future of all peoples from oppression and fear. : Plans call for the cenler to be developed in wo parts. The first Fwill include restoration of Dr. King’s birthplace on Auburn Av- enue and continuance of activi- ties at Ebenezer Baplist Church, where he shared the pulpit with his father. «_ : “THE SECOND’ ‘PART of the: center will be devcloped in the Atlanta University complex, and will include aa imstitule for Afro-American studies, a mu- — seum of Afro-American life and an institule for non-violent 50: cial change. : Both sites . are. necessary to tell the story of Martin Luther King Jv., Mes, King said. EL The anusuncement was made at the. Interderiominational The- oléginal Center where the Mar- tin Luther King Jr Library pro- ject will operate under ths direction of Dr. Vincent Hard- |. : ing. The library is now seeking | an acdilional grant of $50,000 ta tadd an oral nistory section. a om