Stone Mountain is so huge that a “monument” on top of it will hardly be visible from the ground. Still, MLK is not worthy of a monument of any kind, anywhere, of any size. I’m sick of everyone always mentioning his name in reverence. He was a rabble rouser of the first order, a plagiarist, a whoremonger, and a liar.
In January we celebrate “Martin Luther Day” (even though I’m not Lutheran); I invite you to do the same. Buy some Becks, Bratwurst, make some rabbit stew - and commemorate the contributions of Germany to our American culture (starting with our language).
I don't know what was in his heart when he started, but after he and his movement had won all the voting rights that could be had, he did not want to leave the spotlight. By the end he was all that you say.