Join us for this rare pre-conference activity. We will be traveling to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Non-Violent Social Change. In the morning, attendees will at participate in a Coretta Scoot King Pre-Conference in the King Center Freedom Hall and engage in a conversation with Coretta Scott King Book Award winning authors and illustrators about the relevance of having diverse books. Attendees will be greeted by Lev and Joyce Mills. Lev Mills designed the Coretta Scott King Book Award seal and will explain its uniqueness. Joyce Mills is a former children literature professor at the Atlanta University Library School and early Coretta Scott King Committee member. Participates will learn how to apply these books in innovative ways with children and take away exciting ideas.
In the afternoon enjoy a sack lunch in the atrium of Freedom Hall and then you will be free to explore the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center campus and Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. You may visit the bookstores, Dr. & Mrs. King’s Crypt, The Eternal Flame, Dr. King’s Birth Home, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (Heritage Sanctuary). Most of the park is self-guided; therefore, you able explore at your own pace. However you must register to tour the Birth Home of Dr. King and there is no advance registration, it must be done on the day at a first come first serve bases.
