Martin Luther King Jr. Monument
Title
Martin Luther King Jr. Monument
Description
The city of Oberlin dedicated this memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1987 at the same time as they changed the name of the park where it is located from Vine Street Park to Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. Famed civil rights leader Martin Luther King visited Oberlin four times. In 1965, he gave the college commenment address and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. The memorial was designed by former Oberlin art professor Paul Arnold, who also designed the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue Memorial and the John Frederick Oberlin Memorial.
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Publisher
Oberlin College Archives
Date
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Coverage
1987
17 East Vine Street, Oberlin, OH
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Citation
Roy Luck, “Martin Luther King Jr. Monument,” Oberlin Community History Hub, accessed May 6, 2024, https://megansmitchell.org/DH694/items/show/22.