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Statue Of Martin Luther King Jr. (Houston)
An outdoor 2007 bronze sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. by American artist Ed Dwight is installed in Hermann Park's McGovern Centennial Gardens in Houston, Texas, United States. 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 (Houston), statue of Christopher Columbus was vandalized with red paint. See also * 2007 in art * Civil rights movement in popular culture * Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Blome sculpture), ''Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'' (Blome sculpture), Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Martin Luther King Jr. (Wilson sculpture), ''Martin Luther King Jr.'' (Wilson sculpture), Washington, D.C. * List of public art in Houston * Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin, Texas) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Dwight
Edward Joseph (Ed) Dwight Jr. (born September 9, 1933) is an American sculptor, author, and former test pilot. He is the first African American to have entered the Air Force training program from which NASA selected astronauts. He was controversially not selected to officially join NASA. Biography Early life Dwight was born on September 9, 1933, in the racially segregated Kansas City, Kansas area, to Georgia Baker Dwight and Edward Dwight Sr., who played second base and centerfield for the Kansas City Monarchs and other Negro league teams from 1924 to 1937. At age 4, Dwight built a toy airplane out of orange crates in his backyard. As a child, he was an avid reader and talented artist who was mechanically gifted and enjoyed working with his hands. He attended grade school at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Kansas City. While delivering newspapers, he saw Air Force pilot Dayton Ragland, a Black man from Kansas City, on the front page of ''The Call''. Having grown up in raci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
