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A life-sized figure of Dr Martin Luther King Jr dressed in a graduation gown, holding his graduation hat down in front of him with both hands. It was erected to mark the 50th anniversary of his visit to Newcastle University to accept an honorary degree. The base is encircled by bronze lettering inset into Caithness paving featuring text taken from the civil rights leader’s powerful acceptance speech, in which he spoke of the ‘three urgent and grave problems’ facing the world: war, poverty and racism. It was Dr King’s last public address outside the US before he was assassinated barely six months later.

Title

Dr Martin Luther King Jr (1929–1968)

Date

2017

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 200 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

NE1_SD_S065

Acquisition method

commissioned by Newcastle University

Work type

Statue

Owner

Newcastle University

Custodian

Newcastle University

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

13th Nov 2017

Access

at all times

Inscription description

outer paved circle: THERE ARE THREE URGENT AND INDEED GREAT PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE; inner paved circle: POVERTY / WAR / RACISM

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Kings Quad, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 7RU

Artist or maker

Nigel Boonham

b.1953

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