Henry Aaron, Ted Turner, and the late former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson Jr. were among 11 people inducted to the International Civil Rights Walk of Fame in Atlanta. Members of the diverse group stood at the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site with a plaque containing their footprints and had their shoes preserved in display cases. Xernona Clayton, who created the Walk of Fame, announced that the gallery will have a more international flavor in the future with the addition of former South African President Nelson Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. This year's other inductees were comedian Dick Gregory, late newspaper editor and columnist Ralph McGill, Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.), singers Nancy Wilson and Harry Belafonte, activist Addie L. Wyatt of Chicago, late appellate judge Elbert Tuttle Sr., and Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth. With the help of Mr. Turner, the Walk of Fame was founded two years ago to establish a permanent tribute to civil rights activists. The walkway leads visitors on a path to the museum honoring Rev. King, Jr. at the historic site near his boyhood home and across the street from Ebeneezer Baptist Church.
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