Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. extolled the promise of the “beloved community.” As the result of a world committed to nonviolence, the beloved community would be an integrated global society in which all people would share in prosperity; where justice and peace would reign; and where bigotry and prejudice would fall away. This panel explores how the Art Bank pieces on the walls at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, from the DC Public Library’s inaugural Art Bank Collection Loan program, might bring Dr. King’s teachings to life.