Community effort helps restore MLK mural in Seattle's Central District
The mural was vandalized on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The original artist traveled back to Seattle from Mexico to restore it.
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The mural was vandalized on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The original artist traveled back to Seattle from Mexico to restore it.
James Crespinel originally painted the Martin Luther King Jr. mural in 1995, and has returned several times to touch up and restore his work.
The iconic Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. mural that has been at the corner of MLK and Cherry in Seattle for more than 20 years was defaced sometime in the early morning of January 17, 2022, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
A Central District resident continues her mission to protect the neighborhood's Martin Luther King Jr. mural.