High-Tech Chicago Exhibit Puts Visitors Eye-To-Eye With Martin Luther King Jr.

A visitor experiences “The March” virtual reality exhibit at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago ahead of the project’s launch. The exhibit captures the 1963 March on Washington during which Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

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Imagine being so close to Martin Luther King Jr. as he gives one of the world’s most famous speeches that you notice the creases in his face and then realize the late civil rights leader is looking you square in the eye.

That’s the intense personal moment organizers are striving for with a one-of-a-kind virtual reality exhibit opening Friday at Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History.

Called “The March,” it captures the 1963 March on Washington during which King delivered his iconic “I Have a Dream” address.