The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Gardens inRaleigh, NC feature a life-size sculpture of Dr. King and a 12-ton granite water monument honoring the area’s civil rights leaders.[2]
King County, Washington, rededicated its name in his honor in 1986 and changed its logo to an image of his face in 2007.[3]
In 2012, the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge was dedicated inFort Wayne, Indiana.
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on theNational Mall in Washington, D.C.[5] King was the first African American and the fourth non-president honored with his own memorial in the National Mall area.[6] In 1996, Congress authorized theAlpha Phi Alpha fraternity, of which King is still a member, to establish a foundation to manage fundraising and design of a national memorial to King. The memorial opened in 2011[7] and is administered by theNational Park Service.[8] The address of the monument, 1964Independence Avenue, SW, commemorates the year that theCivil Rights Act of 1964 became law.[9]
The beginning words of King's "I Have a Dream" speech are etched on the steps of theLincoln Memorial, at the place where King stood during that speech.[11] These words from the speech—"five short lines of text carved into the granite on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial"—were etched in 2003, on the 40th anniversary ofthe march to Washington, by stone carver Andy Del Gallo, after a law was passed by Congress providing authorization for the inscription.[12]
On October 11, 2015, theAtlanta Journal-Constitution reported a proposed "Freedom Bell" may be installed atopStone Mountain honoring King and his "I Have a Dream" speech, specifically the line "Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia."[14]
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial atYerba Buena Gardens inSan Francisco is located behind a waterfall,which is the largest fountain on theWest Coast.[citation needed] The King memorial consists of large,etched glass excerpts of King's speeches in the languages of San Francisco's sister cities, and also includes a large green space where performance arts events are held throughout the year. The entire memorial was a collaborative project between SculptorHouston Conwill, Poet Estella Majoza and Architect Joseph De Pace. The memorial is located on the gardens' second block, between Howard and Folsom Streets, which was opened in 1998, with a dedication to Martin Luther King, Jr. by MayorWillie Brown.
A memorial bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., which was approved by the King family, was officially unveiled at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park atPlant Riverside District inSavannah, Georgia on January 15, 2022.[19] The bronze bust on a granite base is the first memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Savannah.[20]
In 2010, a statue of Martin Luther King Jr., sculpted byZenos Frudakis, was installed in the Martin Luther King Memorial Park adjacent to theJ. Lewis Crozer Library inChester, Pennsylvania. The statue is 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and 685 pounds (311 kg).[21]
Monuments featuring statues of King were revealed on November 19, 2024, in the adjacent cities ofBenton Harbor (A Seat at the Table) andSt. Joseph (The Mountaintop) in Michigan.[22]
Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Statue at King's Quad courtyard next to the King’s Hall ofNewcastle University inNorth East England: A bronze statue was unveiled in November 2017 to mark the 50th anniversary of Dr Martin Luther King Jr.'s visit to the university to accept an honorary degree.[23]
