A center honoring Dr. King opened at 1326 Florida Avenue NW on April 4, 1969.

ID: 4246 ~ Source: Courtesy DC Public Library, Washingtoniana Division
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - MLK Library, A Living Memorial
A center honoring Dr. King opened at 1326 Florida Avenue NW on April 4, 1969.
This file appears in: Civil Rights Tour: Education - MLK Library, A Living Memorial

Upon its dedication in August 1972, the DC Public Library’s new central branch—designed by famed modernist architect Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe—became one of the first public buildings in the country to be named in honor of the Reverend Dr. Martin…