An excerpt, from the March/April 2011 issue of Social Studies and the Young Learner, describes the design and construction plans for the memorial to Martin Luther King, which opened on the National Mall in August 2011. With useful background information on the competition to design and build the memorial, on the carved granite likeness of King that anchors the memorial site, on the significance of the memorial's location, and other related topics. Article can be downloaded in PDF format.