In New York City, a cube sculpture honoring Martin Luther King Jr. stands at the Martin Luther King Jr. Educational Complex, located at Amsterdam Avenue and W. 66th Street. The sculpture features text about King’s life, his birth and death years, his family, and the renowned quote from his “I Have a Dream” speech: “Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, I’m free at last.”. (Photo by: Deb Cohn-Orbach/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 20: (L-R) John Singleton, Dave Andron, Damson Idris, Carter Hudson, Michael Hyatt, Isaiah John, Angela Lewis, Amin Joseph and Ebro Darden attend the “Snowfall” New York Screening at The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture on July 20, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24: (L-R) A flight suit Trayvon Martin wore when he attended Experience Aviation in his early teens, the costume worn by actor Nichelle Nichols in her groundbreaking role as Lt. Nyota Uhura in the science fiction television series Star Trek, and former NASA Administrator Charles Bolden’s suit from his first space flight are all on display at the temporary exhibit Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on March 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. The exhibit assembles more than 100 objects from music, film, television, comic books, fashion, theater, literature and more that covers more than a century of Afrofuturism. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 24: Guests attend Pepsi Dig In Day Block Party to celebrate Black-owned restaurants on Pepsi Dig In Day at DuSable Black History Museum on August 24, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Pepsi)