List of memorials to Martin Luther King Jr. facts for kids

Martin Luther King Jr. Street at Liberty Bell Park in Jerusalem.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Yerba Buena Gardens.

Around the world, there are many special places that remember and honor Martin Luther King Jr.. These memorials help us learn about his life and his important work for civil rights. They include statues, parks, buildings, and even streets named after him.

Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States

The United States has many memorials dedicated to Dr. King. They are found in cities and towns across the country.

Special Places to Visit

• In 1980, Dr. King's childhood home in Atlanta, Georgia, became the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. You can visit his home and other nearby buildings.
• The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Gardens in Raleigh, North Carolina was the first public park in the U.S. made to honor Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement. It has a statue of Dr. King and a large stone monument.
• Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma, Alabama is an important historical site.
• King County, Washington, changed its name in 1986 to honor Dr. King. In 2007, they even changed their county logo to show his face.
• The city government building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is named after Dr. King.
• The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge is in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
• Martin Luther King Jr. College Preparatory High School is located in Memphis, Tennessee.

Buildings Named for Dr. King

• The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library is a large public library.
• The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library is in San Jose, California.
• The National Civil Rights Museum is at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. This is the place where Dr. King passed away.

Statues and Artworks

• The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Dr. King was the first African American and only the fourth person who was not a president to have his own memorial there. It opened in 2011. The memorial's address, 1964 Independence Avenue, SW, remembers the year the Civil Rights Act of 1964 became law.
• The Landmark for Peace Memorial is in Indianapolis, Indiana.
• A bust of Dr. King (a sculpture of his head and shoulders) was added to the United States Capitol in 1986.
• The famous words from Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech are carved into the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This is the exact spot where he stood when he gave that speech. These words were etched in 2003, 40 years after the March on Washington.
• The Embrace is a sculpture that was shown in January 2023 in Boston.
• The Homage to King sculpture is in Atlanta, Georgia.
• The Hope Moving Forward statue is also in Atlanta.
• There is a Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta.
• The Dream sculpture is in Portland, Oregon.
• A bust of Martin Luther King Jr. has been at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery since 1974. Another copy is at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
• In Norfolk, Virginia, there is an 83-foot-tall granite obelisk (a tall, thin, four-sided monument) honoring Dr. King.
• The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco is behind a large waterfall. It has etched glass pieces with parts of Dr. King's speeches in different languages.
• The Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial in Jersey City, New Jersey, includes a bust of King and other artworks.
• A new memorial bust of Martin Luther King, Jr. was shown in Savannah, Georgia, on January 15, 2022. This was the first memorial to Dr. King in Savannah.

Around the World

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Statue at King's Quad courtyard of Newcastle University in North East England.

Statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Imo state Nigeria.

Befrielsen (English:Liberation) in "Martin Luther Kings plan" (park), Uppsala, Sweden.

Many other memorials honor Dr. King in countries all over the world.

• Parc Martin Luther King is a large park in Paris, France.
• A bronze statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is at Newcastle University in North East England. It was unveiled in 2017, 50 years after Dr. King visited the university.
• "Martin Luther Kings plan" (a park) in Uppsala, Sweden, has an art piece called Befrielsen (which means Liberation).
• The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Church is in Debrecen, Hungary.
• The King-Luthuli Transformation Center is in Johannesburg, South Africa.
• The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Forest is in Israel's Southern Galilee region.
• The Martin Luther King Jr. School is in Accra, Ghana.
• The Gandhi-King Plaza (a garden) is at the India International Center in New Delhi, India.
• One of the 10 statues of important people from the 20th century is on the outside of Westminster Abbey in London, UK.
• There is a Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Mexico City) in Mexico City.
• The Martin Luther King Jr. Corner (a library) is in Ongwediva, Namibia.

See also

• Civil rights movement in popular culture
• List of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr.