Unified Civic Monuments Project Unveiling Ceremony

On Tuesday, November 19, the festivities will begin at 10:30 a.m. with an unveiling ceremony at the monument site in the Margaret B. Upton Arboretum in St. Joseph. 

At 11:00, all are invited to march with the Benton Harbor and St. Joseph high school bands to the Benton Harbor Dwight P. Mitchell City Center Park. 

The Benton Harbor unveiling ceremony begins there at 11:30.

The unveiling is the culmination of 15 years of dreaming and four years of planning and fundraising for the revised vision of ‘Two Kings for Two Cities’ by Emanuel and Sharon Brown, founders of Benton Harbor’s African American History and Literature Gallery, in collaboration with partners Krasl Art Center, Lake Michigan College, the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph, and Berrien Community Foundation, who assembled volunteers from around the community into the Unified Civic Monuments Project. Together, the group has raised over $900,000 to bring these monuments to life, with installation now underway. This project is the only collaborative, multi-city effort in the country honoring Dr. King.

Admission: Free