A 1976 statue of

Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...

and

Emmett Till Emmett Louis Till (July 25, 1941August 28, 1955) was a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman, Carolyn Bryant, in her family's grocery ...

by Ed Rose, sometimes called ''Martin Luther King, Jr., Prophet for Peace'', is installed in

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. The sculpture was previously installed in

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's City Park, before being relocated and replaced with another statue of King. The

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measures approximately 11 x 4 x 4 ft., and rests on a marble base that measures approximately 8 x 7 x 7 ft.

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