Tall white structure with man carved into the front next to a tall white obelisk

“Thinking Outside the Box”

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial National Memorial

  • 30 - 45 minutes
  • 14 tour stops

“Thinking outside the box” enabled Martin Luther King, Jr. to effect social and economic change. Those involved in creating the memorial that honors Dr. King also demonstrated a willingness to challenge conventional wisdom. “Thinking outside the box”: “to radically imagine new possibilities (even if they feel out of reach), to question the way things are, and to stretch the boundaries of what could be” -From the article What it Means to Truly “Think Outside the Box” by Sabrina Meherally, Harvard Business

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