Lei Yixin is a prominent Chinese sculptor. Lei designed the Stone of Hope, the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at the King Memorial near the United States National Mall.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a 1998 public art work designed by American artist Erik Blome, located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bronze sculpture depicts the civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr. standing on a pedestal of books. It was commissioned by the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee and is located in front of the King Heights apartments.
Charles Frederic Swigert Jr. Memorial Fountain is an outdoor 1983 bronze and stone fountain and sculpture by Richard Beyer, installed at the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon.
The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts. These presentations add to and maintain cultural awareness and understanding of the goals, tactics, and accomplishments of the people who organized and participated in this nonviolent movement.
An outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States. The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the Houston Chronicle noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint.
John Harte McGraw is an outdoor 1912 bronze sculpture depicting the former governor of the same name by Richard E. Brooks, installed in McGraw Square at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Olive Street in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington.
Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting the American civil rights leader of the same name by Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla, installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas. The statue was installed in September 1999. Efforts to erect a monument were initiated by a group of students, who formed the Martin Luther King Jr. Sculpture Foundation in 1987.
The Civil War Monument is a statue of a Civil War cavalryman by Jack Howland that was originally installed outside the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. The memorial is also known as the Civil War Memorial, Soldier's Monument, and Civil War Soldier. The work was dedicated on July 24, 1909, after being cast by the Bureau Brothers.
A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ed Dwight is installed in Denver's City Park, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The memorial was installed in 2002, replacing another statue of King which was relocated to Pueblo. The Denver statue also features depictions of Frederick Douglass, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth.
The Confederate Memorial, was installed in Jacksonville, Florida's Hemming Park, in the United States. The monument was removed in June 2020.
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 of Northside Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Priesthood Restoration is a 1957 bronze sculpture by Avard Fairbanks, installed in Salt Lake City’s Temple Square, in the U.S. state of Utah.
Counterpoint is a 1979 bronze sculpture by Dennis Smith, installed in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. at the Martin Luther King Drive station of the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail in the Jackson Hill section of Jersey City, New Jersey.
There are two statues of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Newark, New Jersey. Both are located on the Essex County Government Complex at its newest addition, the Martin Luther King Justice Building.
Statue of Martin Luther King or Martin Luther King statue or similar, may refer to:
The Embrace is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in December 2022. The artwork commemorates Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, and depicts four intertwined arms, representing the hug they shared after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. The work was created by welding together about 609 smaller pieces. The sculpture has received largely negative responses from critics and the public.
A statue of Emmett Till was unveiled in Greenwood, Mississippi's Rail Spike Park in October 2022. State senator David Lee Jordan allocated $150,000 in state funding for the statue. As of October 2022, this is the only "stand-alone" statue of Till in the United States. There is another statue in Pueblo, Colorado that honors both Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Till.
