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| − | |park=Martin Luther King Plaza
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| − | |image=MLKPlaza.jpg
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| − | |caption=Bust of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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| − | |facilities=Memorial bust, benches
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| − | |operator=[[City of Pensacola]]
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| − | |opened=[[1993]]
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| − | |location=[[Palafox Street]], between [[Chase Street|Chase]] and [[Gregory Street]]s
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| − | |mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.414936" lon="-87.215803" zoom="17" width="288" height="288">
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| − | 30.41492, -87.215854, Martin Luther King Plaza
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| − | </googlemap>
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| − | }}[[Martin Luther King Plaza]] is a memorial park on the [[Palafox Street]] median (location of the [[Pensacola trolley|old trolley]] tracks) between [[Chase Street|Chase]] and [[Gregory Street]]s. The park honors the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A bust of Dr. King is the centerpiece of the plaza and has been victim to numerous vandalism attempts. The plaza was dedicated on [[January 18]], [[1993]] (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
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| − | The [[Palafox Market]] is held here on Saturday mornings in the summer.
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| − | ==Bust of Dr. King==
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| − | The bust of Dr. King was sculpted by Atlanta artist [[Ayokunle Odeleye]] and was installed in December [[1992]].<ref>[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/LIVE/art.asp?pageID=6591 City of Pensacola: Downtown Monuments and Memorials]</ref> At the base of the bust is a plaque inscribed with an excerpt from Dr. King’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in 1964:
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| − | :''Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.''
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| − | Times are changing for the better if I can get this olnnie!
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| − | ==References==
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| − | <small>{{reflist}}</small>
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| − | [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]] [[Category:Memorial parks & plazas]]
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Revision as of 14:12, 19 August 2011
Going to put this ariltce to good use now.
