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A man walks past the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge. John Wesley Dobbs, dubbed the unofficial mayor of Sweet Auburn, erected this building in 1937 while he was Grand Master. Dobbs used this building in his work to galvanize African-American political power in Atlanta. Martin Luther King Jr. eventually used an office in this building to start the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Image by Evey Wilson