Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Speech

Did you ever notice that the statue in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. on the National Monument is call the Stone of Hope? In Elementary, I was taught about the heroic act of King every year when Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January approach. King’s I Have a Dream speech so far is the only speech spoken from a leader that I clearly remember. Because King devoted his whole life to end segregation in the U.S., the Stone of Hope is dedicated to him. What’s interesting is that the Stone of Hope was the very first monument on the National Mall in honor of an African-American person and a person who is not a U.S. President. While many people love the Stone of Hope sculpture, others say it is a failure and should be remove because of how Martin Luther …show more content…
In the journal title “The King's Body: The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and the Politics of Collective Memory” by Kevin Bruyneel, a professor of politics at Babson College, he noted that the very first controversy was about the sculptor. Furthermore, the journal indicates that the sculptor, Lei Yixin, was a artist from China in which not too many people were fond of it since some people expected a person of African-American background to be the sculptor. However, even through all the criticism in search for an new sculptor didn’t happen (Bruyneel 85-86). Bruyneel’s journal quote a statement from the California Chapter of the NAACP President Gwen Moore in which it said, “It’s an insult. This is America and, believe me, there’s enough talent in this country that we do not need to go out of the country to bring in someone to do the work. [...] These concerns reflect contemporary American anxieties about outsourcing, the status of American exceptionalism, and the general fear of China as a rising economic and political power.” (Bruyneel 85-86). Choosing the right sculptor is important since we want someone from African-American background so the sculpture can relate back to King’s