MLK - Reflections Park - Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
N 35° 08.320 W 090° 03.270
15S E 768367 N 3892393
I Have Been to the Mountaintop - The abstract steel sculpture relocated to the MLK Reflection Park, is now a focal point for those seeking to understand Dr. Martin luther King Jr's. impact on Civil Rights in Memphis & the World.
Waymark Code: WMYBN9
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2018
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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Park, occupies land at the northwest corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard & South Second Street.
The Memorial park & sculpture, are just a few blocks a from several iconic locations that played a big factor in the civil rights movement & along with this new park will play their part in keeping the Civil Rights movement, educating generations to come.
The massive 10 ton steel sculpture represents the subject, of MLK's Prophetic 'Mountaintop' Speech, his last ever speech made on April 3 1968.
From a press release & other support websites:
“The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Reflection Park is another step in our work to place permanent installations in our city to remind future generations of the impact of Dr. King’s work,” Mayor Strickland said. “Along with our new I AM A MAN Plaza, the National Civil Rights Museum, and so many other significant places in our city, we are advancing the commemoration of what Dr. King meant to Memphis.”
The Reflection Park site, AKA as MLK50 Plaza is comprised of the relocated cor-ten steel abstract sculpture titled "I Have Been to the Mountaintop”, & several other plaques, & signs.
The park also includes images of never before seen photos from the Withers Collection. Rhodes College is currently assisting the Withers family with cataloguing thousands of undeveloped film and images that were in storage. Some of the site images will be sourced from those new photos."
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Name: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Reflections Park.
Street Location: Northwest Corner - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard & South Second Street.
Local Municipality: Memphis
State/Province, etc.: Tennessee
Country: USA
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - MLK50 - 5o years since his assasination.
Date Established: April 4 2018
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