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    		• Rapp, Mary,
     
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    		• Woods, Frederick,
     
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    		• Haston, J. D.,
     
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    		• Mengel Art Foundry,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- King, Martin Luther, Jr.
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Occupation -- Political
     
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    		• Ethnic -- African American
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Prichard
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Rapp, Mary, sculptor.
    Woods, Frederick, architect.
    Haston, J. D., contractor.
    Mengel Art Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Jan. 15, 1986.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: cast bronze; Pedestal: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 2 ft. x 1 ft. 6 in. x 1 ft.; Pedestal: approx. 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. x 5 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Plaque on front of base, raised:) (emblem)/SOUTH ALABAMA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION/DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR./MEMORIAL MONUMENT/DEDICATED: JANUARY 15, 1986/In recognition of Dr. King's unparalleled accomplishments/and contri-butions to human and civil rights./"The ultimate measure of a man/is not/where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience,/but/where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."/REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR./ARCHITECT: FREDERICK WOODS/CONTRACTOR: J.D. HASTON/JOHN H. SMITH, MAYOR/(underlined) COUNCIL MEMBERS/J. COLLIER/R. CRENSHAW/J. McCORVEY/E. REESE/L. SULLIVAN
    Description: 
    A bust of Martin Luther King, Jr., in a clerical robe with a suit and tie showing above it. Bust is mounted upon a two-tiered pedestal with a plaque on the front, surrounded by tall picket fence.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- King, Martin Luther, Jr. -- Bust
    Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
    Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy
    Occupation -- Political
    Ethnic -- African American
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Prichard
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Prichard, Prichard Avenue & Wilson Street, Prichard, Alabama
    Located City Hall, Prichard Municipal Complex, Prichard, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by the South Alabama Humanitarian Foundation, Inc., in recognition of Dr. King's accomplishments and contributions to human and civil rights. Cast in the lost wax process. IAS files contain a related article from the Mobile Press Register, June 24, 1985, pg. 3A.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS AL000274
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