Isikhumbuzo Sikazwelonke Sihlonipha Umholi Wamalungelo Abantu
UMartin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial eWashington, DC uhlonipha iminikelo kaDkt. King kanye nasemhlabeni jikelele kanye nombono wabo bonke ukuba bajabulele ukuphila kwenkululeko, ithuba kanye nobulungiswa. I-Congress yadlulisa iSivumelwane Esihlangene ngo-1996 sigunyaza ukwakhiwa kweSikhumbuzo futhi isisekelo sakhiwa "Ukwakha Iphupho", sikhulise ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizigidi ezingu-120 ezidingekayo kule phrojekthi. Enye yezindawo ezihlonishwa kakhulu ezisele kwi- National Mall yakhethwa ukukhunjulwa kukaMartin Luther King, Jr., eduze noFranklin D.
I-Roosevelt Memorial, phakathi kwe-Lincoln ne-Jefferson Memorials. Yisikhumbuzo sokuqala esiyinhloko ku-National Mall esinikezelwe kumuntu wase-Afrika-waseMelika, nakulowo ongewona umongameli. ISikhumbuzo sivulekile amahora angu-24 ngosuku, izinsuku ezingu-7 ngesonto. Ayikho imali yokuvakashela.
Indawo Nezokuthutha
UMartin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial usekhona ekhoneni elisenyakatho-ntshonalanga yeTidal Basin emgwaqeni weWest Basin Drive SW kanye ne-Independence Avenue SW, eWashington DC
Ukungena okuya eSikhumbuzweni kuyatholakala e-Independence Avenue, SW, entshonalanga ye-West Basin Drive; Independence Avenue, SW, kuDaniel French Drive; Ohio Drive, SW, eningizimu yeSitatimende sika-Ericsson; ne-Ohio Drive, SW, eWest Basin Drive. Ukupaka kunomkhawulo ngokweqile endaweni, ngakho indlela engcono kakhulu yokuya eSikhumbuzweni ihamba ngokuthutha umphakathi. Iziteshi zeMetro eziseduzane yiSmithsonian noFoggy Bottom . (cishe ukuhamba ngamamitha ama-1).
Ukupaka okulinganiselwe kuyatholakala kwi-West Basin Drive, e-Ohio Drive SW, nase-Tidal Basin yokupaka izimoto eMaine Ave., SW. Izindawo zokupaka ukugembula kanye nokushayela ibhasi zikhona kwi-Home Front Drive SW, ezitholakala ukusuka eningizimu ye-17th St.
Isitembu saseMartin Luther King neSikhumbuzo Sesikhumbuzo
ISikhumbuzo sidlulisela izingqikithi ezintathu eziphakathi phakathi kokuphila kukaDkt. King - intando yeningi, ubulungiswa kanye nethemba.
I-Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial yiyona "Stone of Hope", isithombe esingamamitha angu-30 sikaDkt. King, ebheka phambili futhi egxile esikhathini esizayo kanye nethemba lesintu. Isithombe sokudweba sasiqoshwe umculi waseShayina we-Master Lei Yixin kusuka emabhuloki angu-159 wegranite ayehlangene ukuze avele njengomunye oyedwa. Kukhona nodonga olungamamitha angu-450 obhalisiwe, olwenziwe ngamapaneli wegranite, alotshwe ngeziqephu ezingu-14 zezintshumayelo zeNkosi kanye namakheli omphakathi ukuze abe yizivivinyo eziphilayo zombono wakhe waseMelika. Udonga lwamaphuzu okucaphuna umlando weDkt King King's long career career imelela imibono kaDkt. King yokuthula, intando yeningi, ubulungiswa, nothando. Izici zendawo eSikhumbuzweni zihlanganisa izihlahla zase-American Elm, i-Yoshino Cherry Trees, izitshalo zeLiriope, i-English yew, i-jasmine, ne-sumac.
I-Bookstore ne-Ranger Station
Lapho ungena eSikhumbuzweni, isitolo sezincwadi kanye nesiteshini se-National Park Service ranger kufaka isitolo sesipho, ukubukwa kwe-audiovisual, izikrini zokuthinta isikrini nokuningi.
Amathiphu okuvakasha
- Vakashela ngosuku oluhle ukuze ufunde kalula imibhalo futhi ujabulele imibono ye-Tidal Basin noma uma ukhetha ukugwema izixuku, vakashela ebusuku njengoba isikhumbuzo sivulekile amahora angu-24.
- Yiya ohlelweni oluqondiswe ngabagibeli futhi ufunde ngomlando kanye neminikelo kaMartin Luther King, Jr. Rangers National Park Service esiteshini ukuphendula imibuzo kusukela ngo-9: 30 ekuseni kuya ku-10: 00 nsuku zonke.
- Qiniseka ukuthi uvumela isikhathi ukuhamba eduze kwe-Tidal Basin futhi uthathe isikhathi ukuhamba uhlole ezinye zezimkhumbuzo endaweni.
Iwebhusayithi: www.nps.gov/mlkm
Mayelana noMartin Luther King
UMartin Luther King, Jr. wayengumfundisi weBaptisti kanye nomshushisi wezenhlalakahle owaba ngumuntu ophawulekayo ngesikhathi sokunyakaza kwamalungelo abantu base-US. Wadlala indima ebalulekile ekuqedeni ukwehlukaniswa kwezomthetho kwezakhamuzi zase-Afrika zaseMelika e-US, eholele ekudalweni koMthetho wamaLungelo oMphakathi ka-1964 kanye noMthetho WezokuVota ka-1965. Wathola iNobel Peace Prize ngo-1964. Wabulawa Memphis, Tennessee ngo-1968. INkosi yazalwa ngoJanuwari 15. Ukuzalwa kwakhe kubhekwa njengeholide likazwelonke njalo ngoMsombuluko kulandela lolo suku.