Prominent at that location is a large bronze statue of George Washington. ... FOXNews.com. "NAACP Draws Complaints for Covering George Washington Statue on MLK Day." 19 January 2011.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, DC. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images/FILE There is never a shortage of objections to public sculpture, particularly when Blackness is at stake.

Martin Luther King Memorial on the National Mall, Washington, DC. (Photo: AP) A statue of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. will soon stand on the Georgia statehouse grounds, an area not ...