People | Atlanta, Georgia

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Margaret Mitchell House

Atlanta, GA, People, Historic Houses
Visit the small apartment where Margaret Mitchell wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Gone With the Wind, and see exhibits about life, her book and the movie it inspired.

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Historic Oakland Cemetery

Historic Oakland Cemetery

Atlanta, GA, Tours, Cemeteries
Gone With the Wind author Margaret Mitchell, golfer Bobby Jones and many other Atlanta luminaries, along with 6,900 Confederate soldiers, are buried in this historic cemetery.

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Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell

Atlanta, GA, People
Few authors are as identified with a town as Margaret Mitchell is with Atlanta. Mitchell is the author of one of the best-selling novels and highest grossing movies of all time, Gone With the Wind.

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Margaret Mitchell Tour Map

Margaret Mitchell Tour Map

Atlanta, GA, People, Tours
Take a Do-It-Yourself Tour of Margaret Mitchell's Atlanta and environs.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Atlanta, GA, Tours, People, Historic Houses
Tour Martin Luther King's birth home in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood where he grew up. as well as the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was baptized and served as co-pastor from 1960-68.

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