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Educator Charles L. Harper, principal of Booker T. Washington High School, lived here while fighting Atlanta's segregation; he led the city's NAACP and headed Georgia's Black teachers' association in a lifelong campaign for equal schooling.
Harper House is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7554, -84.3700 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park (national park site), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Historic Fire Station No. 6, Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, and Martin Luther King Junior and Coretta Scott King Grave.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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