Another memorial Maya Lin had designed was the Civil rights Memorial. Just like the Vietnam Memorial she had the words and names of the people etched into black granite. So you can feel these names and get a feeling of these people and what they mean to the world. Making you able to feel their names makes it feel more real. Kinda connecting you to these people and how they changed the United States forever.  Her design was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr, as for the quote she sees that water has a soothing and healing affect. This is the reason for the exact quote that is put onto the granite that is in large letters.