The MLK memorial statue was vandalized last year and the original artist, 91-year-old Ed Dwight, helped restore it. Judge blocks Trump executive order to end birthright citizenship 8 out of 10 ...

50,000 gather for commemoration of 30-foot statue on National Mall President Obama says Dr King 'stirred our conscience' and made our Union 'more perfect' Credits the civil rights leader with ...

However, some reviewers wished there was more information on King's life, legacy and commitment to nonviolence around the statue ... official Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial page. DC Monuments ...

And so it took some maneuvering and determination — both physical and mental — for visitors to reach the statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. with his arms folded in front of him and his ...

A statue built in his memory was erected in Washington DC and each year the third Monday in January is celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr Day.

Jones The life-sized bronze sculpture of the congressman joins statues of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks ... poured in to help replace the bronze statue, which a youth baseball nonprofit ...

Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday with a special ceremony at the city’s newly unveiled statue honoring the civil rights leader. Mayor Andre Sayegh and local pastors will lead the event ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission had held its first Marade the previous year, with Wilma Webb at the head of a group of about 15,000 people, who gathered by the City Park statue ...