Dallas Area Rapid Transit

MLK, Jr. Station is located south of Fair Park and convenient to the MLK fairground entrance (Gate 6 on R.B. Cullum Blvd.) and the Cotton Bowl Stadium. Connected to the J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center, the MLK, Jr. Station tells the story of the African American community surrounding it. Featuring images from noted photographer R.C. Hickman, the station offers a visual representation of the events and people of South Dallas. Conceived by artist Emmanuel Gillespie, the station includes a "Walk of Respect" that uses symbols to represent words such as unity, respect and wisdom. MLK, Jr. Station is served by DART Rail Green Line trains.

Train Schedules:
Green Line

Connecting Bus Routes:
Bus routes 12, 26, 50, and 409 - plus a single weekday morning trip of 202 - serve the adjacent J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center.

Customer Features:
Passenger Shelters
Windscreens
Seating
Customer Information
Ticket Vending Machines
Wheelchair Lifts/Ramps
Public Art
Free Parking Available at the adjacent J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center (200 spaces*)

* No overnight parking

Popular Attractions and Destinations:
Fair Park attractions:
- African American Museum
- Cotton Bowl Stadium
- Dallas Aquarium
- The Hall of State, home of the Dallas Historical Society
- The Music Hall at Fair Park
- Museum of Nature and Science
- Old Mill Inn restaurant
- TI Founders IMAX Theater
- SuperPages.com Center
- Texas Discovery Gardens
- Texas! Music Center
- Texas Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
- The Women's Museum
James Madison High School
Martin Luther King, Jr. Branch Library
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior Center
Martin Luther King, Jr. Health Center
Irma L. Rangal Young Women's Leadership School
Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce
Social Security office
Minyard Food Store
Walgreen's
South Dallas Café
Baylor Senior Health Center (Via Bus Route 12 from J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center)

Commemorative Posters:

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Station Art:
MLK, Jr. Station - Continuing the Story

African drums and symbols at MLK, Jr. Station

MLK, Jr. Station continues thematically where the adjacent J.B. Jackson, Jr. Transit Center leaves off: telling the story of the community that surrounds it, framed in the context of the larger African-American experience.

Conceived by artist Emmanuel Gillespie, the station extends the "Walk of Respect" from the adjacent transit center, creating a common motif to join the two facilities. The Walk of Respect uses symbols from African kuba cloths - a form of textile art, similar to tapestries - that represent concepts such as unity and respect. "Additionally, the handrail extends from the transit center and will have patterns symbolizing wisdom and understanding," Gillespie says. The patterns featured in the column cladding are also based on kuba cloths, and are associated with the art of storytelling.

The windscreens feature images from noted local photographer R.C. Hickman, who documented Dallas' civil rights era. The photos tell the story of the city's African-American community during that turbulent time.

In a separate piece of commissioned art, sculptor Steve Teeters augments the theme of African storytelling with the construction of two 17-foot African "talking drums."

"Drums are among the most important art forms to come from Africa," Teeters says. "They were used to tell stories, and for long-distance communication, as well. It's an appropriate image for a station named after a man who made great changes in the world simply by communicating ideas. And, just as talking drums were passed from one generation to the next, the ideas of Martin Luther King, Jr. are alive in the present and future generations."

More information on the Green Line station designs is available in the fall 2009 edition of InMotion and on the Green Line station art images page.

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