Mural

Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King

Inscription

The ultimate tragedy is not the brutality of the bad people, but the silence of the good people.
Dr Martin Luther King

Site: Mosaic House, back (5 memorials)

W4, Cunnington Street

The Angola Three arch is above the first floor window on the left. The Kenny ‘Zulu’ Whitmore flying eyeball is at the right below the 2nd floor window. The Luther King memorial is low on the boundary wall to the left. The Ramirez heart is to the upper right of the boundary wall. The Bill Hicks message runs along the top of the boundary wall - part of it can be seen in the photo of the Ramirez memorial.

The front of this house is even more ornately decorated. See there for more information. Also see Treatment Rooms 2.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King

Subjects commemorated i

Martin Luther King

One of the world's most famous civil rights activists, born Michael King Jr. ...

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This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King

Created by i

Carrie Reichardt

Artist active in 2020 with a number of long-running projects, and involved in...

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This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Mosaic House, back - Martin Luther King

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Mosaic House, back - Angola Three

Mosaic House, back - Angola Three

Angola Three: Herman Wallace, Albert Woodfox, King Wilkerson

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Mosaic House, back - Bill Hicks

Mosaic House, back - Bill Hicks

Here's what we do. You know all that money we spend on nuclear weapons and de...

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Mosaic House, back - Luis Ramirez

Mosaic House, back - Luis Ramirez

Luis Ramirez, 1963 - 2005. Keep the faith.

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