View of the Martin Luther King Memorial (1976; Sculptor-Ed Rose) in City Park, Denver, Colorado. Shows a bronze and sheet metal statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King with his hand on the shoulder of Emmitt Till. Till was murdered in 1955 in Money, Mississippi. In 2002 the statue was moved to the Martin Luther King Jr. Museum and Cultural Center in Pueblo, Colorado. The City Park pavilion is in the distance.
Date
1978
Notes
Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title and content derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001511876
Physical Description
1 slide : color.
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook Cheesman Park and Circle Drive.;
Subject
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Monuments.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Monuments.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Monuments & memorials.; Parks.; Pavilions.; Sculpture.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968--Monuments.; Till, Emmett, 1941-1955--Monuments.; African Americans--Commemoration.; Memorials--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Pavilions--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Public sculpture, American--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Urban parks--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; City Park (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Tom Noel.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
