Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston) explained

Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
Italic Title:no
Artist:Ed Dwight
Type:Sculpture
Material:Bronze
Subject:Martin Luther King Jr.
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Houston, Texas, United States
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:13

An outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight[1] is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States.[2] The sculpture was vandalized with white paint in August 2017. John D. Harden, Margaret Kadifa, Mike Morris, and Brooke A. Lewis of the Houston Chronicle noted that the vandalism occurred around the same time that protesters demanded the removal of Confederate monuments and memorials in Houston, and the same day that the city's statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. City of Houston. October 21, 2015.
  2. Web site: Points of Interest: Hawkins Sculpture Walk. Hermann Park Conservancy. October 21, 2015.
  3. News: MLK, Christopher Columbus statues vandalized in Houston parks. Harden. John D.. Kadifa. margaret. Morris. Mike. Lewis. Brooke A.. Houston Chronicle. August 17, 2017. May 1, 2018.