Work is underway on what organizers call Chicago's first ever memorial to Dr. King.
The sculpture will stand in Marquette Park, the site of Dr. King's 1966 march for fair housing, and will be unveiled on August 5, 2016.
Sources and further reading
- CBS News Chicago
- NBC Chicago
- ABC 7 Chicago
- WBBM Newsradio
- WBEZ Chicago
- Chicago Tribune
- Chicago Sun Times
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Stanford University
- Chicago History Museum
- City of Chicago
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