Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. (Austin, Texas)

Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
	The statue in 2018
Artist	Jeffrey Varilla; Anna Koh-Varilla;
Year	1999
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Martin Luther King Jr.
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
	30°17′7.7″N 97°44′10.3″W / 30.285472°N 97.736194°W

Martin Luther King Jr. is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting the American civil rights leader of the same name by Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla, installed on the University of Texas at Austin campus, in Austin, Texas. The statue was installed in September 1999. Efforts to erect a monument were initiated by a group of students, who formed the Martin Luther King Jr. Sculpture Foundation in 1987.^[1]^[2]^[3]

References

^ "How the MLK Statue Came to the East Mall". Alcalde.texasexes.org. 2 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "2 Texas Statues Embody Century of Racial Views". The New York Times. 10 September 1989. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Martin Luther King, Jr. Statue, Austin, TX - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Waymarking.com". Waymarking.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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Statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
The statue in 2018

Artist	Jeffrey Varilla Anna Koh-Varilla
Year	1999 (1999)
Medium	Bronze sculpture
Subject	Martin Luther King Jr.
Location	Austin, Texas, United States
Coordinates	30°17′7.7″N 97°44′10.3″W / 30.285472°N 97.736194°W / 30.285472; -97.736194