Photograph of Fragments Installation

Fragments on the 1st Floor of The National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Fragments is an art installation featuring metal shapes engraved with King’s words in his distinctive handwriting.

Designed by Paula Scher and Abbot Miller, Fragments captures King’s ideas as they developed on paper. The Fragments installation spans 38 feet and is constructed of 50 metal panels, laser cut to exactly match King’s handwriting and dramatically backlit to glow from within. The installation captures King’s ideas as they developed on paper, offering an intimate view of the leader’s thought process. A key identifies the original source of each fragment. It lives on the first floor of The Center focuses on Dr. King and houses the Voice to the Voiceless Gallery.