Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Rocky Mount, NC

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The sculpture was approved (but not directed) in each of four multi-month design stages with partial payments made at each approved stage.</B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <B>The acrimonious and pettifog criticisms by angling politicians and then subsequent and secretive hacksaw removal of the work ordered by this narrow and censorious City say it all. As the saying goes,</B></div> <div> <B>"They are their own reply"</B></div> <div> <B>But if you'd like to hear the gory details, simply click</B><A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocky Mount Experience"><U><B> here</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Rocky Mount, NC</div> <div> <B>All images and sculptures on this web site are protected under Federal Copyright Law.</B></div> <div> To understand the rights of fine artists, Google the "Visual Artist Rights Act" and also "Federal Copyright Law"</div> <bR> <div> To read the truth about just some of what I've experienced with this project, see the column at left.  For those of you with the stomach for this there is a more detailed version of the story..<A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocky Mount Experience"><U>click here</U></A>.</div> <bR> <div> If you don't care for this contemplative, textured and interpretive depiction of Dr. King, see my other one in Milwaukee <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dr. Martin Luther King (Milwaukee) monu"><U>here</U></A></div> <div> My multi-racial family appreciates both.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="164fe840.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="388" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16608910.jpg" border=0 width="264" height="401" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"> <IMG SRC="16bf7770.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>