Jade Skaggs

San Marcos plans to build a memorial to honor two men who helped shape the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s. Jade Skaggs has more in this Bobcat Update.

Stand up: In honor of the collaboration of Lyndon Baines Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr., San Marcos is building a memorial to remember the events that changed history.
King led the non-violent, civil rights movement promoting equality and fairness for millions of African-Americans, and Johnson, as president, signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Johnson, of course, is an alum of Texas State and lived for a time in San Marcos. Two city streets are named in honor of King and Johnson. The streets intersect, and that is where the proposed statue will be placed.
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Texas State students will be involved in getting the word out.
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Organizers say the statue will likely be erected sometime next year.
For Bobcat Update, I'm Jade Skaggs.