• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement

    Martin Luther King Jr

    National Historic Site Georgia

Martin Luther King, Jr. "I Have A Dream" World Peace Rose Garden

Back view of Rose Garden

Back view of Rose Garden

NPS Photo

The International World Peace Rose Gardens program is a worldwide effort to help youth recognize the importance and value of peace. In March 1992, the Martin Luther King, Jr. World Peace Rose Garden was planted at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. The garden is an artistic interpretation of Dr. King’s life and ideals of peace through nonviolence. The garden’s “starburst” design brings attention to the brilliance of Dr. King’s ideals using the Official Flower of the United States, the rose.

The Atlanta garden is one of five major World Peace Rose Gardens established around the world by International World Peace Rose Gardens. The other gardens are located at other cultural, historical and sacred centers of the world and focus on different aspects of peace.

  • A rose from the MLK, Jr., World Peace Rose Garden A rose from the MLK, Jr., World Peace Rose Garden

    Dr. King's ideals used the Official Flower of the United States, the rose.

Did You Know?

"At the bus sation", Jim Crow photograph by Jack Delano

From the 1880s to the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows). From Delaware to California, and from North Dakota to Texas.