MLK Plaza mentioned in Press Herald article on proposed Portland memorial
The University of Maine was mentioned in a Portland Press Herald article about the city seeking applications from artists to create a memorial to honor Martin Luther King Jr. The memorial would be placed in an open area on the Bayside Trail in the city’s West Bayside neighborhood, according to the article. Although King never visited Portland, he did speak in Brunswick and Biddeford. UMaine dedicated its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King Memorial Plaza at the Orono campus on the 40th anniversary of King’s death, the article states.