Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - I've Been to the Mountaintop - Pueblo, CO
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This controversial sculpting of Martin Luther King has made this monument more a joke than memorial of the Civil Rights struggle. The plaque features the end of King's last speech.
Waymark Code: WMMAE8
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2014
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This sculpture features MLK in a deacon's robe walking with Emmit Till (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till ). The plaque includes the final stanza of MLK's "Ive' Been to the Mountaintop" speech given April 3, 1968 in Memphis, TN - the next day he was assassinated.
"I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. And so I'm happy tonight; I'm not worried about anything; I'm not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." (from (
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An entire transcription including the crowd assertions may be found at (
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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 (
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