Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza

The plaza starts with pillars near the corner of Fraser Street and West Beaver Avenue. Featured prominently in front of the garage is a mural with imagery from King’s Jan. 21, 1965 speech at Penn State’s Rec Hall before 8,000 people. Adjacent to the garage in the area near the Fraser Street mini-mall is a public gathering space which is lined with pavers that commemorate key moments in the civil rights movement nationally and in the Penn State and State College community.