This is a list of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr.

United States

There are numerous memorials to King in the United States, including:

Memorial sites

* In 1980, the U.S.

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designated King's boyhood home in Atlanta and several nearby buildings the

Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km2) 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 h ...

. * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Gardens in

Raleigh, NC Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southea ...

is the first public park in the U.S. devoted to Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement. The gardens feature a life-size sculpture of Dr. King and a 12-ton granite water monument honoring the area’s civil rights leaders. * Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in

Selma, Alabama Selma is a city in and the county seat of Dallas County, in the Black Belt region of south central Alabama and extending to the west. Located on the banks of the Alabama River, the city has a population of 17,971 as of the 2020 census. About ...

King County, Washington King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the st ...

, rededicated its name in his honor in 1986 and changed its logo to an image of his face in 2007. * The city government center in

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

, is named in honor of King. * The

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 and U.S. Route 301 (Jefferson Davis Highway) across the Appomattox River at the Atlantic Seaboard fall line. It joins Colonial Heights and Petersburg, Virginia. Originally constru ...

in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Buildings

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library (MLKML) is the central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library (DCPL). Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the 400,000 square foot (37,000 m2) steel, brick, and glass structure, and it is a r ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library (also known locally as the MLK Library or the King Library) is an 8-story public library and university library, located in downtown San Jose, California, which had its grand opening on August 16, 2003. , it ...

* The National Civil Rights Museum, at the Lorraine Motel in

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

, where King died * Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in

Sculptures

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a national memorial located in West Potomac Park next to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., United States. It covers and includes the ''Stone of Hope'', a granite statue of Civil Rights Movement le ...

on the

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in Washington, D.C. King was the first African American and the fourth non-president honored with his own memorial in the National Mall area. In 1996, Congress authorized the

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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 and is administered by the

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. The address of the monument, 1964 Independence Avenue, SW, commemorates the year that the

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became law. * The ''

Landmark for Peace Memorial The ''Landmark for Peace'' is a memorial sculpture in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on the northside of Indianapolis. It honors the contributions of the slain leaders Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. The memorial, which features Ke ...

'' in

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* A bust of Dr. King was added to the "gallery of notables" in the United States Capitol in 1986, portraying him in a "restful, nonspeaking pose." * The beginning words of King's "

I Have a Dream "I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In the speech, King called ...

" speech are etched on the steps of the

Lincoln Memorial The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. It is on the western end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., across from the Washington Monument, and is in the ...

, at the place where King stood during that speech.Ramanathan, Levanya
"Pieces of Black History"
''Washington Post'', January 27, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012. 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 of the march to Washington, by stone carver Andy Del Gallo, after a law was passed by Congress providing authorization for the inscription. * ''

The Embrace ''The Embrace'' is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, in December 2022. The artwork commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and depicts four intertwined arms, rep ...

'', unveiled in January 2023 in

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* The ''

Homage to King ''Homage to King'' is a 1996 sculpture by Barcelona artist Xavier Medina Campeny, commissioned as a gift from the Spanish host city of the 1992 Summer Olympics to the host of the 1996 Summer Olympics. It is located at the southwest corner of Fre ...

'' sculpture in

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

* ''

Hope Moving Forward ''Hope Moving Forward'' is a public monument in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Dedicated in 2021, the monument consists of a bronze statue of Martin Luther King Jr. designed by Basil Watson atop a pedestal. It is located at the intersection ...

'' statue in Atlanta *The Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta * ''The Dream'' sculpture in

Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

* On October 11, 2015, the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' reported a proposed "Freedom Bell" may be installed atop Stone Mountain honoring King and his "I Have a Dream" speech, specifically the line "Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia." * A bust of Martin Luther King Jr. has been in the collection of the collection of the

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since 1974, and displayed in the

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since 2000; a second cast is in the collection of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. * In

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

stands a memorial in honor of King. The 83-foot-high granite

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was conceived by former Norfolk Councilman and General District Court Judge Joseph A. Jordan Jr. * The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

is located behind a waterfall, 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 Sculptor Houston 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 Mayor Willie Brown. * The Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial at the Martin Luther King Drive station of the Hudson Bergen Light Rail in the Jackson Hill section of

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Plant Riverside District Plant Riverside District is a mixed-use development in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on the west end of historic River Street, the development opened in 2020 after several years of construction. A JW Marriott hotel anchors the develo ...

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on January 15, 2022. The bronze bust on a granite base is the first memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Savannah.

Internationally

Numerous other memorials honor him around the world, including: * Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Statue at King's Quad courtyard next to the King’s Hall of

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: 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. https://www.ncl.ac.uk/art-on-campus/campus-art/mlk-statue/ * "Martin Luther Kings plan" (park), with art installation ''Befrielsen'' (English: ''Liberation''), in

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* The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Church in

Debrecen, Hungary Debrecen ( , is Hungary's second-largest city, after Budapest, the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar County. A city with county rights, it was the largest Hungarian city in the 18th century and it ...

* The King-Luthuli Transformation Center in Johannesburg, South Africa * The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Forest in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

's Southern Galilee region (along with the Coretta Scott King Forest in Biriya Forest, Israel) * The Martin Luther King Jr. School in

Accra, Ghana Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

* The Gandhi-King Plaza (garden), at the India International Center in

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, India * One of the 10 statues of 20th-century martyrs on the façade of

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, UK * Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Mexico City)

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