The city of Atlanta and mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms unveiled plans for a new monument to civil rights icon Coretta Scott King on Thursday in honor of Women’s Equality Day.
In the U.S. there are only 394 public sculptures of women yet more than 4,500 monuments of men. Popular streaming website Hulu decided to get involved in a project to change that fact, working with artists and specific cities to build more monuments to iconic women according to a press release sent exclusively to Blavity.
“Coretta Scott King is one of our unsung heroes. The best way to create these conversations in our communities are to have places and spaces that people can look to ask more questions,” Bottoms said in a statement.
For the statue to King, Hulu and the city of Atlanta partnered with Brooklyn artist Saya Woolfalk.
Last year, Hulu sponsored a “Shape the Future” art installation in three cities that sought to equalize the number of monuments dedicated to women and men in three cities. The mirrored statuettes allowed any passerby to see themselves in these representations.
King is well known for continuing the work of her husband Martin Luther King Jr., who was killed at age 39. Dubbed the “First Lady of the Civil Rights Movement,” King spent decades helping to lead the fight against racism and became a notable figure in the women’s rights movement.
Source: On Women’s Equality Day, Atlanta Announced Its Plan To Build A Monument Of Coretta Scott King
