The Capitol Dome

Summer 2012

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January 16, 1986 BUST OF KING UNVEILED IN ROTUNDA The bronze bust of Dr.Marn Luther King, Jr. was unveiled in a ceremony in the Capitol's rotunda. King was honored with a bust commissioned by Congress because of his "contribuons on suchmaers as the historic legislaon of the 1960s affecng civil rights and the right to vote" (House Concurrent Resoluon 153). His widow, Corea Sco King, served on the advisory commiee and advised the selecon commiee in their choice of arst. JohnWilson's bust ofMarn Luther King, Jr. is currently displayed in the Rotunda. 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

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