Martin Luther King Civil Rights Memorial, (sculpture).

Martin Luther King Civil Rights Memorial, (sculpture).

Reinertson, Lisa, sculptor.

Martin Luther King Civil Rights Memorial, (sculpture).

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 4 ft.

(Back of base:) LISA REINERTSON (Front of base:) "NON-VIOLENCE IS A POWERFUL AND JUST/WEAPON. IT IS A WEAPON UNIQUE IN/HISTORY WHICH CUTS WITHOUT WOUNDING,/AND ENABLES THE MAN WHO WIELDS IT./IT IS A SWORD THAT HEALS." (Back of base:) "TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE/OF TENSION. IT IS THE PRESENCE/OF JUSTICE" (North side of base:) "EVERY MAN MUST DECIDE WHETHER HE WILL WALK IN THE LIGHT OF/CREATIVE ALTRUSIM OR THE DARKNESS OF DESTRUCTIVE SELFISHNESS./THIS IS THE JUDGEMENT. LIFES MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTION/IS WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS." (South side of base:) YES, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT I WAS/A DRUM MAJOR, SAY THAT I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR JUSTICE; SAY THAT I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR PEACE:/I WAS A DRUM MAJOR FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS AND ALL OF THE SHALLOW/THINGS WILL NOT MATTER. I JUST WANT TO LEAVE A COMMITTED LIFE/BEHIND." signed

A portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. striding forward. He is dressed in suit covered by a clerical robe. Captured in the tucks and folds of the robe are scenes of significant events of the Civil Rights Movement, including Rosa Parks seated on a bus, Martin Luther King, Jr. in a jail cell contemplating Gandhi, Civil Rights marches, a fireman spraying water, the Martin Luther King family, and a hanging by the Ku Klux Klan. The base is inscribed with quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches.

Portrait male -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Full length

Portrait female -- Parks, Rosa

Portrait group -- Family

Ethnic -- African American

Portrait male -- Gandi, Mahatma

History -- United States -- Black History

History -- United States -- Civil Rights Movement

State of Being -- Death -- Hanging

Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Kalamazoo

Administered by City of Kalamazoo, Department of Public Works, 234 West Cedar, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007

Located Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, 507 Rose Street, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Michigan survey, 1993.

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