The King Mural

The King Mural, © the District of Columbia Public Library, by artist Don Miller, is a tour de force --the nation's definitive visual documentation of Dr. King's great influence on modern American society. It is history revealed through Mr. Miller's careful research. He retraced the life of Dr. King by reading existing scholarship and interviewing the men and women who worked closely with Dr. King. The conceptual framework for the mural was drawn from their memories. To the many achievements and sacrifices of Dr. King and the movement he led, Don Miller has committed his talents as an artist. The mural summons the images of the African American's finest hours in the struggle for social justice. It is a work of enormous historical scope, and in keeping with Dr. King's life, it is a work having a deeply emotional connection to the history of black and white Americans from 1955 to 1968.

Don Miller, Creator of the King Mural

For more than a generation, Don Miller's evocative images of black life remain true to the aesthetic values of people of African ancestry. Born in Jamaica, raised in Montclair, NJ and a traveler through the African diaspora, Mr. Miller is an artist of extraordinary energy and ingenuity. A graduate of Cooper Union, Mr. Miller also attended the New School and the Arts Students League. Among Mr. Miller's many achievements are his portraits of African nobility commissioned by Anheuser-Busch and Revlon. His works have exhibited in museums, galleries and private collections in the United States, Africa and the West Indies.