Unveiling of Bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo
Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 15, 2003

Mayro of Tuzla and Charge dAffaires in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christopher Hoh, shake hands after unveiling a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mayro of Tuzla and Charge dAffaires in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christopher Hoh, shake hands after unveiling a bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mayro of Tuzla and Charge dAffaires in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Christopher Hoh, lay flowers at base of bust of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
On January 15, the actual date of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, U.S. Charge' d'Affaires Christopher Hoh joined the mayor of Tuzla, a Bosnian city with a long tradition of tolerance and multi-cultural co-existence, to unveil a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. donated to Tuzla by the U.S. Embassy in Sarajevo. Speeches by both officials emphasized King's principles of nonviolence and the power of the individual to affect change in the development of a just and democratic society. Engraved on a granite plaque next to the bust is the quote, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."

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