The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. .
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial was given to Anne Arundel Community College by the Citizens of Maryland. May this memorial remind all that visit this site, that an individual can make a difference.

Honorable Carl O. Snowden, Chair

Jacqueline Boone Allsup . Shirley Alexander . Elizabeth H. Barrett . Joyce Black . Jeff Blum . Larry W. Blum, M.D. . Lewis A. Bracy . Evette Y. Brown . Michele E. Brown . Naomi Bundy . Anthony Carroll . Hannah Chambers . Terry Clay . Honorable Frank M. Conaway, Sr. . Honorable Joan Garter Conaway . Gloria J. Criss . Errol Daly . Christine S. Davenport . Laverne Davis . Andre Dillard . Barbara Ann Dorsey . Walter Dow . Robert H. Eades . Delorma Goodwyn . Wanda Grace . Reverend Henry Green . Dirk D. Haire, Esq. . David J. Harris . Dr. Tarik Y .Harris, Sr. . Janis Harvey . Delores Hawkins . Carolyn Hayes . Tina Marie Tyler Head . Carroll P. Hicks, Jr. . Frederick C. Howard . Sylvia Hibbler Ingram . James L. Jasper . Peter T. Kaiser . Alan Hilliard Legum, Esq. . Tony Lewis, Jr. . Gary G. Lyle . Erica Matthews . Fay R. Mauro . Gertrude "Trudi" McGowan . Eugene M. Middleton . Midgett S. Parker, Jr., Esq. . Leutrell Osborne . George Phelps, Jr. . Arlene Rankan . Willie Reeves . Donald C. Roane, M.D. . Patricia Scheleur . Rev. Abraham Shanklin, Jr. . Dennis Smith . Chief Jerome Smith . M. Edward Sparks . Tony U. Spencer . Dr. Vivian Gist Spencer . Barbara Silesky . Leslie N. Stanton . Bishop Larry Lee Thomas Sr. . Sylvia Tilghman . Vincent Wallace . Josephine Whipple . Carmaleta White . Honorable Kenneth Webster . Adrian D. Wiseman . Ann Marie Wood

A Luta Continua!
(The Struggle Continues)
August 27, 2006

Wall of Quotes
Behind the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are five bronze plaques that provide quotations from his landmark speeches. Each quotation represents the principles for which Dr. King gave his life.
These five plaques were donated by the following donors:
Jeffrey S. Blum and Larry W. Blum, M.D. The Blum Family

Ed Dwight

Assata Snowden, Carl O. Snowden, Abayomi Hamisi Malik Snowden and Kojo Lumumba Malik Snowden

Mrs. James H. Watkins and Hayden C. Moore

YWCA of Annapolis and Anne Arundel County; Janis Harvey, Chief Executive Officer

2006 - 2007
Board of Trustees
Arthur D. Ebersberger Chair . Gene E. Floyd Vice Chair . Walter J. Hall . John G. Gary Jr. . Lynn L. Nappari Student Member . T. Sue Gladhill . James H. Johnson Jr., Ph.D. . James D. Ischechtelin, Ed.D. . Martha A.- Smith, Ph.D., President

[Center Statue Plaque:]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
1929 - 1968
"Somehow we must harness man's genius for the purpose of making peace and prosperity for all."
Ed Dwight, Sculptor

[Left Plaque:]
"Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable.

Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle...

the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Left Center Plaque:]
"This is no time for apathy or complacency. This is the time for vigorous and positive action. Let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge, to make America what it ought to be.

We have an opportunity to make a better nation."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Center Plaque:]
"The function of education is to teach one to think intensively. and to think critically.

But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society.

The most dangerous criminal may be gifted with reason, but no morals.

We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character; that is the goal of true education."
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Right Center Plaque:]
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but the appalling silence of the good people"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Right Plaque:]
"Our hope for creative living lies in our ability to reestablish the moral ends of our lives in personal character and social justice"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Peace Garden Plaque:]
We have before us the glorious opportunity to inject a new dimension of LOVE into the veins of our civilization.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Peace Garden Designer:
Kathryn Kei Ellerbrock
Student of Professor Robert R. Lowe, III at Anne Arundel Community College
Donors:
Caucus of African-American Leaders . Deidra L. Dennie, D.P.A. . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Committee . Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Breakfast Committee . Homestead Gardens . National Pan-Hellenic Council of Anne Arundel County

Anne Arundel Community College