Stone memorializing Martin Luther King Jr.
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King, Martin Luther Jr.
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Stone memorializing Martin Luther King Jr.
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The “Walk of Fame” was created in 1929 by then president Hamilton Holt to honor significant historical figures. The memorial is located in the center of campus around Mills Lawn.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and Civil Rights leader. During the Civil Rights Era, King served as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. In this position he argued for the use of non-violent protest to advance African American civil rights. On April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a sniper's bullet on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. In response to national legislation in 1993 that made the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a legal public holiday, Reverend Daniel Matthews donated the stone to Rollins’s Walk of Fame in honor of King. King’s son, Martin Luther King III, visited the stone while he was on campus giving a lecture as part of the Winter Park Institute series, during which he discussed continuing in his father's work.
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1ft by 1ft 8in stone rectangular block
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FROM ATLANTA GA, HOME OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
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Matthews, Daniel
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January 15, 1993
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Matthews, Daniel
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