Revisiting The Significance Of “We Will Not Be Satisfied Until…” Mural

In the heart of Downtown Chattanooga, at 300 East Martin Luther King Boulevard, the AT&T Building features one of the most stunning and monumental murals in the Scenic City (and the country, for that matter).

The mural honors Martin Luther King Jr. and the surrounding community, is entitled “We Will Not Be Satisfied Until…,” and was created by world-renowned artist Meg Saligman.

The mural was developed and worked on in the summer of 2015 and dedicated in 2016 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, marking this MLK Day as the tenth anniversary of the mural’s official dedication. Covering a little over 42,000 square feet, the mural is the largest in the Southeast, one of the five largest in the entire country, and the first to wrap an entire city block. The mural took over 6 months to paint and was painted by a team of 11 artists.

The artist, Meg Saligman, is an internationally recognized and lauded American muralist and public artist known for her larger-scale, more community-engaged works that transform public spaces and different buildings into stunningly beautiful, community-enriching art…

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