MLK Statue in MLK Park, Amsterdam
The MLK Statue in the Martin Luther King Park, November 2021.

BRONZE STATUE

On this website find the bronze MLK statue, that was placed without permission in the Martin Luther King Park in Amsterdam and its unveiling, the 50 MLK statues project and the Selma Remembrance Walk Amsterdam.

Op deze website het verhaal over het illegaal geplaatste bronzen MLK-beeld in het Martin Luther Kingpark in Amsterdam en de onthulling, het project met de 50 MLK beeldjes en de Martin Luther King Vijfdaagse.


March, 1965: 16,000 people in Harlem, New York City, show their solidarity. Photo: Stanley Wolfson
March, 1965: 16,000 people in Harlem, New York City, show their solidarity. Photo: Stanley Wolfson

MARTIN LUTHER KING VIJFDAAGSE

Selma Remembrance Walk Amsterdam: March 21-25

Remember the March from Selma to Montgomery, from March 21-25. Five day walk (54mi) in Amsterdam. 

Click for the routes, gpx, info, PDF's and more.

 

Vijf wandelingen (87km) in Amsterdam om de mars van Selma naar Montgomery te herdenken, van 21 t/m 25 maart. 

Klik voor de routes, gpx, info, PDF's en meer.

 


50 identical MLK statues to remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
50 identical statues, click to find out where they went

50 MARTIN LUTHER KING STATUES

On April 4, 2018, it was the 50th anniversary Martin Luther King's assassination. To keep his Dream alive, 50 identical statues were placed from Memphis to Amsterdam on locations that refer to slavery and places that emphasize the importance to end racism and fight for equality, regardless of gender, religion and race. History may not be forgotten. 

Click for an overview and the stories of the 50 statues.

 

Hank Willis Thomas, creator of 'The Embrace' sculpture in Boston, received a bronze statue on Dec. 12, 2023

Hank WIllis Thomas created 'The Embrace', the 20-foot tall bronze embrace by Martin and Coretta, in Boston
Hank WIllis Thomas created 'The Embrace', the 20-foot tall bronze embrace by Martin and Coretta, in Boston
Johnathan Eig received a bronze statue at the at the launch of his book KING, A Life, in the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York, May 18, 2023
Johnathan Eig received a bronze statue at the at the launch of his book KING, A Life, in the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York, May 18, 2023
Dancers of ROC Amsterdam received a MLK statue, on the Day of Empathy Amsterdam South.
On May 21, 2021, dancers of ROC Amsterdam received one of the statues, on the Day of Empathy Amsterdam South.

BLACK LIVES MATTER

Vandalized MLK statue fixed in Artistic Repair Shop by Oscar Peters in Amsterdam
Vandalized MLK statue fixed in Artistic Repair Shop by Oscar Peters

A brilliant second intervention. After the statue was beheaded while standing next to the National Slavery Monument in Amsterdam in 2018, it was brought to the Artistic Repair Shop in the Keti Koti month (celebrating the abolition of slavery, June 2020). Artist Oscar Peters created this excellent and touching new statue, in the spirit of the Back Lives Matter protests, after the death by police violence of George Floyd, May 25, 2020.

13 of the 50 statues got vandalized or disappeared, read more.

MLK Statue in MLK Park, on the final day of the Selma Remembrance Walk in Amsterdam.
March 25, Fifth and final day of the Selma Remembrance Walk 2022, MLK park, Amsterdam
MLK Statue in MLK Park, it was tolerated by the the city council of Amsterdam, July 2020
The Martin Luther King statue was tolerated by the the city council of Amsterdam, July 2020