Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Denver)

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Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
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The memorial in 2008
Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Denver)
Location Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Coordinates 39°44′46″N104°57′16″W / 39.746037°N 104.954541°W / 39.746037; -104.954541

A statue of Martin Luther King Jr. by Ed Dwight is installed in Denver's City Park, in the U.S. state of Colorado. The memorial was installed in 2002, replacing another statue of King which was relocated to Pueblo. The Denver statue also features depictions of Frederick Douglass, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and Sojourner Truth. [1]

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References

  1. "Statue stirred controversy". The Denver Post. May 6, 2009. Archived from the original on February 16, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.