Come downtown and view of a very an important Civil Rights Memorial Plaza. This is a large-scale experiential public sculpture commissioned to pay tribute to the members of the pivotal 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike and the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A focal point of the Civil Rights Movement, the strike brought Dr. King to Memphis, Tennessee where he was assassinated.
BYOP and view from across the street as there are no benches to sit and enjoy the view. After you take in the Plaza and the Temple, be sure to wonder through the small plaza to learn even more.
The landscape sculpture features a centrally located bronze and stainless steel sculpture that brings the iconic slogan I AM A MAN into the present. Right next to this plaze is the historic Clayburn Temple which was recently damanged in a terrible fire. This Temple was built in 1888 as 2nd Pres Church.