In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s moral courage and conviction, Google is celebrating the civil rights activist by posting a Doodle in his honor. The search engine replaced its official logo on its homepage with a picture of the preaching civil-rights leader. Inspiring words from his historical 1963 speech, “I Have a Dream,” which he delivered at the National Mall, surround the picture. The phrases include “we shall overcome someday.”
The Doodle is also surrounded by the red, white and blue ribboning of unity. The symbol represent King’s calls for brotherhood and equality. The Doodle was created by Faith Ringgold, a Harlem-born artist and author, and a professor emeritus at UCSD.
Ringgold has also written such books as ‘Tar Beach,’ which was honored with the Coretta Scott King Award for Illustration, and the children’s book ‘My Dream of Martin Luther King.’ She included several young faces in her Doodle, to match the theme of her children’s books.
When users click on the Doodle, more information about King, including his speech at the National Mall, is loaded. The speech is remembered today for the section “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judge by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Written by: Karen Benardello
