Martin Luther King Jr . Center for Nonviolent Social Change is a nongovernmental , not-for-profit organization founded in 1968 by Coretta Scott King . King started the organization in the basement of the couple 's home in the year following the 1968 assassination of her husband , Martin Luther King Jr . In 1981 , the center 's headquarters were moved into the Martin Luther King Jr . National Historic Site , a multimillion-dollar facility on Auburn Avenue which includes King 's birth home and the Ebenezer Baptist Church , where he preached from 1960 until his death
1968 assassination
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
King Center for Nonviolent Social Change