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Height. 8 ft (2.4 m) (plus 3 ft (0.91 m) pedestal) Dedicated date. August 28, 2017. Dedicated to. Martin Luther King Jr. The Martin Luther King Jr. statue is a public monument of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. The statue, designed by Martin Dawe, was unveiled in 2017 and stands on the grounds of the Georgia ...
Delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech at the 1963 Washington, D.C. Civil Rights March. Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968), an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, was an iconic figure in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, and advocated for using nonviolent resistance, inspired by ...
e. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister ...
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin ...
The first memorial service following the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King ...
A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr. was made by African-American artist Charles Alston in 1970, two years after King was assassinated. Alston received a commission from the Reverend Donald S. Harrington, of the Community Church of New York, to create a bust of King for $5,000. Five bronze busts were cast in 1970, each approximately 32 ...
The plaque outside the site of the speech, Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. " I've Been to the Mountaintop " is the popular name of the final speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. [ 1][ 2][ 3] King spoke on April 3, 1968, [ 4] at the Mason Temple ( Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee .
t. e. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [ 1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in ...