The Beautiful Way Google Has Honored Martin Luther King Jr. Over the Years

Christian Robinson doodled this image of King's profile beside white doves and the Lincoln Memorial, the site of his "I Have a Dream" speech.

Doodler Matthew Cruickshank was inspired to create this graphic portrait after dwelling on this quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. The color inspiration came from graffiti on the street of San Francisco.

African American artist Faith Ringgold created a doodle of the civil rights leader surrounded by words from his speech "I Have a Dream."

Jennifer Hom of the official Google Doodle team was inspired by Dr. King's vision of a day where children will "not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

In this act of solidarity with other Americans, Hom wanted to "depict the steadfastness of [Dr. Martin Luther King]'s approach to civil rights."

Shepard Fairey, the original creator of the iconic Obama "Hope" poster, was invited as a guest artist to memorialize MLK.

Children work together to draw a sidewalk chalk masterpiece of the civil rights leader in this 2008 doodle.

Children playing together is a frequent theme among MLK Day Google Doodles. In 2007, children were featured jumping rope.

Martin Luther King's most famous speech was honored in 2006.

Multicolored paper cutouts of mini figures held hands to commemorate Dr. King in 2003.