Monument to MLK on Stone Mountain
Posted: 7:00 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015
... AJC political columnist Jim Galloway ... wrote a column in the AJC explaining that a line from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech should be etched into Stone Mountain.n The park took notice, and so did Gov. Nathan Deal ... An elevated tower — featuring a replica of the Liberty Bell — would celebrate the single line in the civil rights martyr’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech that makes reference to the 825-foot-tall hunk of granite: “Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia” ... Because King’s 1963 speech is copyrighted, permission of King’s heirs will be required ...
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/columnist-could-bring-change-stone-mountain-park/nnzXq/
Mixed reactions to MLK monument planned for top of Stone Mountain
Eric Stirgus and Ernie Suggs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
3:14 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, 201
... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .. a plan by the Stone Mountain Memorial Association and others to build a tower celebrating the line in King’s “I Have a Dream” speech declaring “let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.” Also in the works is a permanent exhibit on African-American soldiers in the Civil War ... The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who worked with King, said Sunday he was moved by the idea of honoring his colleague atop what is now Georgia’s most visited tourist attraction. “It is amazing,” Lowery said. “I think it is a good idea, introducing a new era to the Deep South. They are placing Martin Luther King in a place where he ought to be. Where I never dreamed he would be. This is striking.” But Tim Pilgrim, head of the Georgia chapter of the Sons of Confederate Vetetans, called the plans an “insult” ...
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/breaking-news/mixed-reactions-to-mlk-monument-planned-for-top-of/nnzc5/
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They might actually learn something. 
