- Title
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Description
- The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial was dedicated on the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. King's college fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha originally proposed a memorial to the civil rights leader on the Mall in 1984; a dozen years later in 1996, Congress approved a joint resolution authorizing the project.
- Creator
- Master Lei Yixin
- Date
- 08/28/2011 (Dedicated)
- Source
- National Park Service
- Coverage
- 2000-present
- uri
- http://www.nps.gov/mlkm/index.htm
- Theme
- civil rights
- design & monuments
- politics & protest
