Pre-reading questions:
- What is a historic site?
- Have you ever been to a historic site?
- Why are historic sites important?
After temporarily closing for repairs, Martin Luther King Jr.’s childhood home reopens. King is known for being an activist and a leader. His house at 450 Auburn Ave. N.E. is one of the buildings in the historic site in Atlanta, Georgia. It had to undergo repairs due to damages caused by daily visits, according to Judy Forte, superintendent of Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta.
King’s birth home is partly open since only the first floor was restored. The upper floor of the landmark still needs to fixed, Forte