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MLK Mural: An Enduring Tribute To The Great Civil Rights Leader
A massive MLK tribute is always on display in a Connecticut town.
MANCHESTER, CT — One of the most enduring tributes to Martin Luther King in Connecticut sits in Manchester.
It's a huge mural dedicated to the great civil rights leader.
In Feb 2021, the town partnered on the project with CT Murals to fashion a Martin Luther King mural. It now takes up an entire exterior wall of the Mahoney Recreation Center. CT Murals is a project started by the non-profit The RiseUP Group in 2015 to create public art that is "inclusive and accessible for all."
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The artist is Ben Keller, a professional painter/mural artist who launched his own business in 2018. He started painting at the age of 12.
Keller's vision for "Birthing of a Legacy" depicts MLK "as a man bringing light to darkness and represents a symbol for more equal and positive times ahead."
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