Bernice King and others highlighted the message of peace that her father, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., promoted as a statue of him was unveiled in Atlanta on Saturday. But there was also a prevailing theme among speakers at the event that the work to pursue peace is still far from being finished.
The statue of King was unveiled at Rodney Cook Sr. Peace Park in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood during an event titled World Peace Revival. The statue, which depicts the civil rights leader in windswept minister’s robes with an open Bible in one hand as he stands on a mountaintop — inspired by King’s final speech — was sponsored by Clyde and Sandra Strickland.
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