MLK Statue With Big Head - Pueblo, CO - Roadside Attractions on Waymarking.com

"MLK Statue With Big Head

This is really funny. The head is so disproportionate to the body that one of my friends said, "What is that ogre doing to that kid?" as we approached the statue.
[Chris Sack, 07/26/2010]

Built in the 1970s, the Martin Luther King Jr figure wears flowing robes and walks with Emmett Till, another Civil Rights martyr. The artist wasn't paid for years by the client, because MLK's head was so big. The artist argued that MLK had a big head, and eventually got his money." (from (visit link) )

Hmmm.... This statue was originally in Denver's City Park (I remember it in the 1980s). It was sculpted in 1976 by Ed Rose. In 2002 the statue was moved to the Martin Luther King Jr. Museum and Cultural Center in Pueblo, Colorado. It now sits in this vacant lot in a neighborhood well away from central Pueblo. (see (visit link) ) The museum itself has fallen on hard times and may lose its collection. (see (visit link) )

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