Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial: A Stone of Hope
walking on the mall One of the most popular places to visit in Washington D C is the National Mall This huge park includes many museums and monuments to great Americans Some of the monuments on the National Mall honor presidents of the United States Visitors to the National Mall can find monuments for George Washington Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson and Franklin D Roosevelt Other monuments honor groups such as Vietnam War veterans One of the most interesting monuments on the National Mall honors Dr Martin Luther King Jr This memorial is for remembering the most famous civil rights leader in American history Aerial view of the National Mall 4
The National Mall 5
who was martin luther king jr Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta Georgia on January 15 1929 His father was a minister King was a great student He skipped two grades in high school and was only 15 years old when he entered Morehouse College in Atlanta After he graduated he went to another school to become a minister just like his father In 1954 Dr King was put in charge of a church in Montgomery Alabama At that time Montgomery like all cities in the U S South was segregated Black African Americans and whites were separated in public places including schools buses hotels and restaurants Top Martin Luther King Jr with his wife Coretta Scott King in 1964 Bottom King’s childhood home in Atlanta Georgia 6
Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama 7
