Martin Luther King had a dream and today is the holiday set aside to remember his dream. Regardless of ethnicity or belief system, we owe it to ourselves to reflect on Dr. King's message.For the first time ever, we are publishing the same photo twice. As we looked through our photographs, we simply could not find another one more appropriate than this one to feature on the Martin Luther King Holiday. Besides, we have so many new readers with whom we would like to share this photo.
The bust, made by Wilbur Lee Map in 1994, is located on the southeast corner of South Elm Street and Martin Luther King Drive. The plaque on the statue reads, "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was scheduled to speak at AME Zion Church in Greensboro (a few blocks from here) on April 4, 1968. He canceled his visit to remain in Memphis where he was assassinated on that day." As we watched this 55 second video clip of Dr. King's final speech, we are struck by how exacting this bust captures his facial features in his final hour of life.
Finally, Seattle Daily Photo has a great tribute to MLK today!
It has been a busy week and I'm just now catching up on all your varied and interesting posts.
The dream and message of Martin Luther King Day fits in well with yesterday's historic visit by Pope Benedict to the Great Synagogue in Rome. Things once thought impossible can be made to happen.
Posted by: Dina | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 06:47 AM
Our town has a bust of MLK too, but I have used it before so posted something else.
Posted by: RamblingRound | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 08:24 AM
And have a great MLK holiday too!
Thanks for stopping by the site.
Posted by: Dean | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 09:19 AM
Terrific bust and a fine commentary! Those were interesting days to be sure. Frightening, too. And while much has changed for the good we still have a long, long way to go!
Posted by: Jacob | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Well worth a repeat posting and so appropriate for this MLK Day. I think I recall a posting of the statue of the four A & T students who began the sit-ins here in Greensboro. I couldn't find it, but would like to revisit it too since the opening of the Civil Rights Museum is scheduled for early February here in Greensboro.
Posted by: Jane Mitchell | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Perfect post.
Posted by: cieldequimper | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 12:59 PM
Jane (and others): Here is a link to the Greensboro Four last February 1st:
http://www.greensborodailyphoto.com/2009/02/february-one.html
I need to find a new photo for this 2/1 !!!!
Jan
GDP
Posted by: Greensboro Daily Photo | Monday, January 18, 2010 at 05:34 PM
Great way to commemorate an inspiring figure of the life of America and the world!
Posted by: Ellie | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 01:32 PM