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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

See how the memorial to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. evokes his memory -- and honors his messages of justice, hope, love and democracy.

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The Mountain of Despair at the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial
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Photography by Vanessa Mack

The entrance to the memorial is called the Mountain of Despair. It symbolizes the struggle for equal rights that King waged during his life, but then transitions into the open freedom of the plaza.

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