United States Capitol rotunda

===Bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.===
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The bust of his head and shoulders is {{convert|36|in|cm|0}} high and stands on a pyramidal Belgian black marble base that is {{convert|66|in|cm|0}} high. Because the bust would be such an important and visible work of art, the Joint Committee on the Library decided to have a national competition to select a sculptor.

On December 21, 1982, the Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution 153, which directed the procurement of a marble bust "to serve to memorialize King's contributions on such matters as the historic legislation of the 1960s affecting civil rights and the right to vote". Senator [[Charles Mathias, Jr.]], chairman of the [[United States Congress Joint Committee on the Library|Joint Committee on the Library]], the congressional committee overseeing the procurement, said at the unveiling that "Martin Luther King takes his rightful place among the heroes of this nation."

[[John Woodrow Wilson]], the artist was awarded a $50,000 commission to cast the model in bronze. The bust was unveiled in the Rotunda on January 16, 1986, the fifty-seventh anniversary of King's birth, by Mrs. King, accompanied by their four children and King's sister.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/mlk_bust.cfm |title=Martin Luther King, Jr |access-date=June 30, 2006 |archive-date=June 28, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060628205108/http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/mlk_bust.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>