Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. in the civic center of Compton, California. It was built in 1978 by Gerald Gladstone.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Compton station and Compton High School.
Compton station
Railway station
Photo: METRO96, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California. Compton station is situated 1,100 feet north of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Compton High School
School
Photo: Bahn Mi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, United States, part of the Compton Unified School District. Compton High School is situated 2,000 feet southwest of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Compton/Woodley Airport
Aerodrome
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Compton/Woodley Airport is a public airport in Compton, southern Los Angeles County, California, 2 miles southwest of Downtown Compton. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in the Los Angeles basin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Compton and East Rancho Dominguez.
Compton
Compton is one of the Gateway Cities of Los Angeles, and is mainly known for being the birthplace of rappers Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, NWA, DJ Quik, and The Game, as well as of professional tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.
East Rancho Dominguez
Hamlet
East Rancho Dominguez, also known as East Compton, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. East Rancho Dominguez is situated 1½ miles east of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Willowbrook
Suburb
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Willowbrook, alternatively named Willow Brook, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Willowbrook is situated 2 miles northwest of Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial
- Type: Memorial
- Description: sculpture in Compton, California, USA
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.89509° or 33° 53′ 42″ northLongitude
-118.22544° or 118° 13′ 32″ westOpen location code
8553VQWF+2ROpenStreetMap ID
way 1208768733OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q127153687
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