Stone Mountain Park Proposes MLK Monument

By: Anna Clark

Stone Mountain Park has proposed a monument be built on top of the mountain to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The structure will commemorate King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, given at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 28, 1963.

 

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