The statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen unveiled from scaffolding during the soft opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington on Monday.

Black Heritage Society director Ovide Duncantell said the "Martin Luther King Tree of Life" stood as a "sentinel" for three decades as a reminder of the hoped-for memorial statue.

Like too many memorials, however, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is stuck uncomfortably between the conceptual and literal. The concept, originally developed by the San Francisco-based ROMA ...

A statue of iconic civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was recently vandalized in Long Beach, California. Residents discovered the statue had been sprayed with white supremacist ...

The centerpiece of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is the 30-foot tall (9.1 meters) statue of Dr. King, whose likeness is depicted standing tall as he emerges from a granite "Stone of Hope ...

The new Martin Luther King Jr. memorial statue is finally being unveiled on the Boston Common this week. To mark the occasion, The Boston Globe and NBC 10 Boston have teamed up to create a new ...

When the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened in 2011, one side of King’s statue read, “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness,” according to the National Park Service (NPS).

The statue at the Martin Luther King Jr memorial by the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C. in August 2011. (Marvin Joseph) ...

The life-size Martin Luther King, Jr. statue stands in the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Gardens in Raleigh, N.C. Photographed Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Ethan Hyman [email protected] ...

When the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened in 2011, one side of King’s statue read, “I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness,” according to the National Park Service (NPS).

The third Monday in January is a federal holiday that honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some people take the day to visit his memorial, which was added to the National Mall in ...

The third Monday in January is a federal holiday that honors the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some people take the day to visit his memorial, which was added to the National Mall in ...