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Roy Wilkins Memorial

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Title	Roy Wilkins Memorial
Creator.Persons	Patterson, Curtis Ray, 1944-
Notes	Built 1995. Project Description: A rectangular stone and bronze pad located among the old trees and lawn of the Minnesota State Capitol campus is the stage for an artwork memorial commemorating the life of Minnesota native, civic rights leader Roy Wilkins. A graduated spiral of bronze obelisks begins from a circular bronze floor that contains text descriptions of important civil rights events. Bronze walls, seating and bronze reliefs (which are small doorways which may be opened to find text) create enclosure and surprise to this original memorial. Project Location: Minnesota State Capitol Campus
Description	Detail of hinged pullout elements on backside of bronze wall featuring portrait of Roy Wilkins
Subject.Persons	Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981 -- Memorials
Subject	Plazas Landscape architecture Public sculpture Memorials
Location	Minnesota -- Saint Paul
Title.Series	Landscape as Art: Plazas and Passageways
Collection Title	Landscape Architecture
Publisher.Location	Seattle, WA
Publisher	Art on FIle
Copyright Information	http://contentdm.unl.edu/archt_copyright.html
Collection information	Collection administered by Visual Resources manager, Architecture Library, (402) 472-1193
Full resolution	Volume1\LAII-08-07-07.jpg http://0-contentdm.unl.edu.library.unl.edu/fullres/Landscape_architecture/Volume1\LAII-08-07-07.jpg