The Curriculum Committee - five members, both Black and white - seated at a meeting in the African-American History and Literature Gallery.

Small community has big goals to overcome racial divide through the power of public art

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Benton Harbor, Mich. – The only collaborative, multi-city monuments in the country honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are being raised in two small communities in southwest Michigan.  A river separates Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, Michigan, but their demographic and economic makeup are even more effective at keeping the residents separate and unequal. St. …

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UCMP open house attendees discuss new site renderings on a posterboard.

HP: The Time is Short

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Story by Herald Palladium/Louise Wrege; photo credit: Don Campbell/HP staff. Time is growing short to be a part of bringing two Martin Luther King Jr. monuments to the Twin Cities a reality. “We’ve been saying, ‘Now is the time’ for the last two years,” said Sharon Brown, one of the founders of the African American History & …

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Collage of renderings, three from each site, showing the plantings and hardscaping planned for around the monuments.

New Design Renderings

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UCMP has engaged Rootbound, a local landscape design firm, to create a beautiful backdrop for each monument. The site designs each feature long-lasting plantings specific to the local environment, ADA accessible hardscaping, and well-organized flow around the monument elements.