Homage to King

Homage to King is a sculpture by Xavier Medina Campeny. It is located at the southwest corner of Freedom Parkway and Boulevard in Atlanta, Georgia in the Old Fourth Ward neighborhood.The work portrays Martin Luther King, Jr. outstretching his arms, representing a welcome to those visiting the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site.^[1]^[2] The location is also one of an oft-used view of the Downtown Atlanta skyline.^[3]

References

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Speeches, movements, and protests

Speeches	"Give Us the Ballot" "I Have a Dream" "How Long, Not Long" "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

Writings	Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story The Measure of a Man "What Is Man?" "Second Emancipation Proclamation" Strength to Love Letter from Birmingham Jail Why We Can't Wait Conscience for Change (The Trumpet of Conscience) Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Movements and protests	Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956) Albany Movement (1961–1962) Birmingham campaign (1963) March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (1963) St. Augustine movement (1963–1964) Selma Voting Rights Movement (1965) Chicago Open Housing Movement (1966) Mississippi March Against Fear (1966) Anti-Vietnam War Movement (1967) Memphis Sanitation Strike (1968) Poor People's Campaign (1968)

People

Family	Martin Luther King, Sr. (father) Alberta Williams King (mother) Christine King Farris (sister) A. D. King (brother) Coretta Scott King (wife) Yolanda King (daughter) Martin Luther King III (son) Dexter Scott King (son) Bernice King (daughter) Alveda King (niece)

Other leaders	Ralph Abernathy (colleague) Ella Baker (colleague) James Bevel (strategist / colleague) Dorothy Cotton (colleague) Bernard Lafayette (colleague) James Lawson (colleague) Joseph Lowery (colleague) John Lewis (colleague) Jesse Jackson (protégé) Benjamin Mays (mentor) Diane Nash (colleague) James Orange (colleague) Bayard Rustin (advisor) Fred Shuttlesworth (colleague) C. T. Vivian (colleague) Wyatt Walker (colleague) Hosea Williams (colleague) Andrew Young (colleague)

Assassination

James Earl Ray Lorraine Motel (now National Civil Rights Museum) Funeral MLK Records Act Riots Loyd Jowers trial

Media

Film	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970 documentary) Our Friend, Martin (1999 animated) Boycott (2001 film) The Witness: From the Balcony of Room 306 (2008 documentary) Alpha Man: The Brotherhood of MLK (2011 documentary) Selma (2014 film)

Television	King (1978 miniseries) "The First Store" (The Jeffersons episode, 1980) "Great X-Pectations" (A Different World episode, 1993) "The Promised Land" (New York Undercover episode, 1997) "Return of the King" (The Boondocks episode, 2006)

Plays	The Meeting (1987) The Mountaintop (2009) I Dream (2010) All the Way (2012)

Illustrated	Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story (1957 comic book)

Music	"Abraham, Martin and John" (Dion) "March! For Martin Luther King" (John Fahey) "Martin Luther King's Dream" (Strawbs) "Happy Birthday" (Stevie Wonder) "Pride (In the Name of Love)" (U2) "MLK" (U2) "King Holiday" (King Dream Chorus and Holiday Crew) "By The Time I Get To Arizona" (Public Enemy) "Shed a Little Light" (James Taylor) "Up to the Mountain" (Patti Griffin) "Never Alone Martin" (Jason Upton) "Symphony Of Brotherhood" (Miri Ben-Ari) Joseph Schwantner: New Morning for the World; Nicolas Flagello: The Passion of Martin Luther King (1995 album) "A Dream" (Common featuring Will.i.am) "Glory" (Common and John Legend)

Related topics

Old Fourth Ward and Sweet Auburn, Atlanta

Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site and Preservation District	APEX Museum Atlanta Daily World building Atlanta Life Insurance Company building Auburn Ave. Research Library Big Bethel AME Church Herndon Building (demolished) Gandhi Promenade International Civil Rights Walk of Fame King Birth Home King Center Ebenezer Baptist Church MLK National Historic Site Odd Fellows Bldg. Sweet Auburn Curb Market Wheat Street Baptist Church

Other buildings	Atlanta Civic Center Atlanta Medical Center Edward C. Peters House Egleston Children's Hospital (1928-1959) Homage to King Morris Brown College (1885-1932) National NuGrape Company Lofts Ponce City Market Rio Shopping Center (demolished) Sister Louisa's Church WSB-TV tower

Neighborhoods	Buttermilk Bottom Sweet Auburn U-Rescue Villa

Parks	Central Park Freedom Park Historic Fourth Ward Park Ponce de Leon amusement park Ponce de Leon Springs Renaissance Park

People	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Edward C. Peters

Roads	Boulevard Edgewood Avenue Freedom Parkway Freeway revolt (1970s-1980s) Highland Avenue I-485 Ponce de Leon Avenue

Transportation	Atlanta Streetcar King Memorial (MARTA station) Nine-Mile Circle Streetcar Line

Druid Hills Inman Park Midtown Morningside-Lenox Park Poncey-Highland Virginia-Highland All neighborhoods of Atlanta

Coordinates: 33°45′36″N 84°22′21″W / 33.759930°N 84.372468°W / 33.759930; -84.372468

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