By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
The U.S Commission of Fine Arts is moving toward approval of a revised concept for the Martin Luther King Jr. national memorial and an official construction date is within sight, according to the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation.
Additionally, a dinner in Atlanta last week has brought the foundation’s fundraising total to $94.8 million, closing in on the $100 million needed to build the memorial.
The foundation said it plans to set a construction date soon, and the memorial will be completed in about 20 months following the start of construction. Site prep work is expected to start later this year.
In May, news reports said the Fine Arts Commission had attacked the statue portion of the already approved memorial after the commission’s secretary said in a letter that the way King was portrayed in a model of the sculpture was “confrontational.”
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