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Approaching two years since being vandalized, the Martin Luther King Jr. statue is back at the Freedom Corner. Located at the intersection of Second Street and Capitol Avenue, a crew of workers ...
The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Rioting and looting followed, with people flooding out onto the streets of major cities, primarily in black urban areas. [1]
A man was arrested Monday on criminal damage to state supported property charge after the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Springfield was vandalized.
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The King assassination riots, also known as the Holy Week Uprising, [2] were a wave of civil disturbance which swept across the United States following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Some of the biggest riots took place in Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Chicago, and Kansas City.
The bronze bust on a granite base is the first memorial to Martin Luther King, Jr. in Savannah. [20] In 2010, a statue of Martin Luther King Jr., sculpted by Zenos Frudakis, was installed in the Martin Luther King Memorial Park adjacent to the J. Lewis Crozer Library in Chester, Pennsylvania. The statue is 5 feet (1.5 m) tall and 685 pounds ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, locally referred to as King Drive is a major north–south street on the South Side of Chicago. It was formerly named South Park Way, and originally called Grand Boulevard. Chicago became the first city in the world to name a street after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968 following his assassination. [1]
A statue of iconic civil rights leader Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was recently vandalized in Long Beach, California. ... View Article The post Martin Luther King Jr. statue vandalized with ...