Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope

Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope

 

 

 

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is a result of an early effort of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. to erect a monument to King.^[23] King was a member of the fraternity, initiated into the organization via Sigma Chapter on June 22, 1952,^[24] while he was attending Boston University completing his doctoral studies

 

 

The street address for the memorial is 1964 Independence Avenue SW in Washington, D.C. 

 

The address "1964" was chosen as a direct reference to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, a milestone in the Civil Rights Movement in which King played an important role.

 

The centerpiece for the memorial is based on a line from King's "I Have A Dream" speech: "Out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope.