MLK Plaza??

[Cow Pie]

Okay I'm having a heated debate with a buddy o mine that insists that MLK plaza was built on campus because back in the 60's Dr. King stood on that spot. Apparently some Professor over in Cooper is starting this rumor.

 

I have told him that is BS and it is some big PC deal built so that USF can pound their chest at how diverse they are given that they have a MLK Plaza and the dude did not even know USF existed.

 

Got $50 ridding on this... need the experts on here to straighten my buddy out.

 

 

[JTrue]

He was there, right after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Bull Runner.

[Bear]

Can I buy into this bet, too?

[WoolyBully]

There's this...which isn't USF...it's the armory...

 

http://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/post/kings-speech-remembering-martin-luther-king-jrs-1961-stop-tampa

 

and this

 

http://tbo.com/list/news-opinion-editorials/kings-tampa-visit-611585

 

unfortunately, I can not find anything that says he actually visited the University of South Florida. I would be

inclined to go along with the thinking that the memorial is a civic gesture. Surely, if Dr. King had actually visited

that very site, it would be mentioned in the memorial itself, right? 

 

'Cause it's pretty easy to find where George Washington slept... 

[smazza]

when did they name it mlk plaza?

[WoolyBully]

when did they name it mlk plaza?

back in '82...been revised multiple times since then

 

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=1933

[J-Pop]

He was there, right after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the Bull Runner.

LOL

[outrunner]

I've never liked MLK plaza. It's nothing against MLK, who was a great man. I've always found it strange that the focal point landmark of our campus is about a man who never set foot on the campus or had anything to do with the university. It seems almost like a token gesture, like how nearly every city and town in the south has named a street after the man.

[KyleC]

I've never liked MLK plaza. It's nothing against MLK, who was a great man. I've always found it strange that the focal point landmark of our campus is about a man who never set foot on the campus or had anything to do with the university. It seems almost like a token gesture, like how nearly every city and town in the south has named a street after the man.

+1

[usfvictor]

racists.....

 

 

I've never liked MLK plaza. It's nothing against MLK, who was a great man. I've always found it strange that the focal point landmark of our campus is about a man who never set foot on the campus or had anything to do with the university. It seems almost like a token gesture, like how nearly every city and town in the south has named a street after the man.

+1

 

racists....