Isikhumbuzo seMLK eWashington, DC

ISikhumbuzo seSizwe sihlonipha iNkokheli yamaLungelo eSintu

UMartin Luther King, uJr. iSikhumbuzo seSizwe eWashington, DC uhlonipha umnikelo kazwelonke kaDkt. King and International kunye nombono wabo bonke ukuba banandiphe ubomi benkululeko, ithuba kunye nobulungisa. I-Congress yadlulisela iSigqibo soManyeneyo ngo-1996 sigunyazisa ukwakhiwa kweSikhumbuzo kwaye isiseko sakhiwe "Ukwakha Iphupha", ukuphakamisa iiligidi eziyi-120 ezigidi ezifunekayo kule projekthi. Enye yezona ndawo ezihloniphekileyo eziseleyo kwiSizwe seMall zikhethiwe ukuba zikhunjulwe nguMartin Luther King, Jr., kufuphi neFranklin D.

I-Roosevelt Memorial, phakathi kweLincoln neJefferson Memorials. Yisikhumbuzo sokuqala kwi-National Mall eyazinikezelwa kwi-Afrika-yaseMerika, kunye nonongameli. ISikhumbuzo sivulekile iiyure ezingama-24 ngosuku, iintsuku ezi-7 ngeveki. Akukho mrhumo wokutyelela.

Indawo kunye nezothutho

ISikhumbuzo sikaMartin Luther King, uJr. weSizwe sisekhompileni esenyakatho-ntshona yeTidal Basin kwinqanaba le-West Basin Drive SW kunye ne-Independence Avenue SW, eWashington DC

Ukungena kwiSikhumbuzo kwiSikhumbuzo se-Independence Avenue, SW, entshona kweDesin Drive; I-Independence Avenue, SW, kuDaniel French Drive; I-Ohio Drive, SW, ngasentla kweStefe yakwa-Ericsson; kunye ne-Ohio Drive, SW, e-West Basin Drive. Ukupaka kunqongophe kakhulu kule ndawo, ngoko ke indlela efanelekileyo yokufikelela kwiSikhumbuzo yindlela yokuthutha kawonkewonke. Izikhululo ezisekufutshane iMetrosonian kunye neFoggy Bottom . (malunga nokuhamba kweekhilomitha ezili-1).

Ukupaka ngokukhawuleza kufumaneka kwi-West Basin Drive, e-Ohio Drive SW, nakwindawo yokupaka yaseTidal ngaseMaine Ave., SW. Ukupaka ukukhubazeka kunye neendawo zokulayisha ibhasi zifumaneka kwi-Home Front Drive SW, ifumaneka ukusuka kumzantsi we-17 eSt.

Imifanekiso yaseMartin Luther King kunye neSikhumbuzo

ISikhumbuzo sidlulisela iintlobo ezintathu eziphambili kulo lonke udidi lukaDkt. King - idemokhrasi, ubulungisa kunye nethemba.

Isikhumbuzo sikaMartin Luther King, uJr. iSikhumbuzo seSizwe "iLatye leThemba", umfanekiso wesigxathu kaDkt King, ukhangele phambili kwaye ugxininise kwixesha elizayo kunye nethemba lomntu. Umfanekiso oqoshwe ngumculi waseTshayina uMnumzane Lei Yixin ukusuka kwiibhloko ze-granite ezili-159 ezazidibeneyo ukuze zivele njengenxalenye enye. Kukho udonga obhalwe ngamanqina angama-450, olwenziwe kwiipaneli zegranite, ezibhalwe ngeenkcazo ezi-14 zeentshumayelo zikaKumkani kunye neeadesi zomphakathi ukuba zisebenze njengeemviwo zokuhlala zombono wakhe waseMelika. Udonga lweengcaphuno ezibandakanya uDkt. King's long career rights career limela iingcamango zikaDkt King of peace, intando yeningi, ubulungisa kunye nothando. Iimpawu zomhlaba zeSikhumbuzo ziquka imithi yase-American Elm, i-Yoshino Cherry Trees, izityalo zeLiriope, i-English yew, i-jasmine kunye ne-sumac.

I-Bookstore kunye neRanger Station

Kwisango leSikhumbuzo, isitoreji seencwadi kunye ne-National Park Service ranger esiteshini ziquka ivenkile yesipho, ukuboniswa kwee-audiovisual, i-screen-screen kiosks kunye nokunye.

Iingcebiso Zokutyelela

Iwebhusayithi: www.nps.gov/mlkm

NgoMartin Luther King

UMartin Luther King, uJr. wayengumfundisi weBhaptizi kunye nomlweli-ntlalontle owaba ngumntu ophawulekayo ngexesha lokunyuswa kwamalungelo oluntu eMelika. Wadlala indima ebalulekileyo ekupheliseni ukwahlula ngokwasemthethweni kwabemi base-Afrika aseMerika e-US, ekukhombiseni ukudalulwa koMthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu wowe-1964 kunye noMthetho woLungelo lokuVota ka-1965. Wafumana umvuzo weNobel woxolo ngo-1964. Wabulawa Memphis, Tennessee ngo-1968. U-King wazalwa ngoJanuwari 15. Ukuzalwa kwakhe kubonwa njengeholide yesizwe ngamnye ngoMvulo emva kwaloo mhla.