MLK (song) MLK (song) "MLK" is the tenth and final song from U2's 1984 album, "The Unforgettable Fire". A lullaby to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., it is a short, pensive piece with simple lyrics. It was because of this song, along with "Pride (In the Name of Love)", another tribute to King, that earned Bono the highest honor of the King Center, an organization founded by Coretta Scott King. Its live debut was on 18 October 1984, as an intro to "The Unforgettable Fire", and the two songs were performed together at almost all Unforgettable Fire Tour shows and most Joshua
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library the building's lobby includes a large mural of Martin Luther King, Jr. by artist Don Miller. Prior to 1972, Washington's central library was a 1903 Andrew Carnegie-funded building located in Mount Vernon Square. That building was used by the University of the District of Columbia, and is currently occupied by the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library houses several of the library system's special collections. The Washingtoniana collection includes books, newspaper archives, maps, census records, and oral histories related to the city's history with 1.3 million photographs from the "Washington Star" newspaper and the