Driving Home the Message of Atlanta's Civil Rights Legacy
If you join Tom Houck on his Atlanta Civil Rights Tour bus, he’s quick to tell you that he was once a driver for Dr.
February 28, 2017
If you join Tom Houck on his Atlanta Civil Rights Tour bus, he’s quick to tell you that he was once a driver for Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was many things to many people: minister, activist, visionary. But Tom Houck, former personal assistant and driver for King, saw a
Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Anne Elizabeth Barnes grew up in Atlanta and attended Chamblee High School and Georgia State University. Despite those deep ties,
One day, one lunch…can change the course of your life. In the case of Tom Houck, that day took place in 1966 when he was
Whether you’re interested in Atlanta’s historic neighborhoods, the traditional Southern food that Martin Luther King Jr. would have eaten as he helped organize the civil rights movement or
Fifty years ago, a 19-year-old Tom Houck stood in front of the Southern Christian Leadership Committee (SCLC) headquarters on Auburn Avenue and waited for a
African-American History Month began as “Negro History Week” in February 1926, initiated by historian Carter G. Woodson to recognize achievements related to the Black Diaspora….
ATLANTA — For many, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is a day of public service. Someone who knew Dr. King very well has made it
For those who choose a staycation around the subject of contemporary Atlanta history, there is
Driving change! Civil rights tour guide Tom Houck was the personal driver of the King
What do Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard and John Lewis Freedom
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