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Smaller and easy to miss (above a ramp with banisters) is
John Hume.
It's actually
a collection of four faces (clockwise from upper left): Nationalist leader John Hume,
Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mother Teresa. The Brooklyn Bridge in the
middle symbolizes the long-term bridges of understanding that the work of these four No-
bel Peace Prize-winning activists created. Born in the Bogside, Hume still maintains a
home here.
Now look for
The Saturday Matinee,
which depicts an outgunned but undaunted
local youth behind a screen shield. He holds a stone, ready to throw, while a British
armored vehicle approaches (echoing the famous Tiananmen Square photo of the lone
Chinese man facing the tank). Why
Saturday Matinee?
It's because the weekend was the
best time for locals to “have a go at” the army; people were off work and youths were out
of school.
Nearby is
Civil Rights,
showing a marching Derry crowd carrying an antisectarian
banner. It dates from the days when Martin Luther King Jr.'s successful nonviolent
marches were being seen worldwide on TV, creating a dramatic, global ripple effect. Civil
