Free At Last by Sergio Castillo

Sergio Castillo, Free at Last, 1975

"Free at last" is one of Dr. Martin Luther King's most memorable phrases. These words, taken from his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963, serve as the title for Sergio Castillo's abstract sculpture in Boston University's Marsh Plaza.

Mounted on a granite base inscribed with Dr. King's quotes, the Cor-ten steel sculpture depicts a flock of 50 interconnected bird-forms rising up in a series of graceful arcs reaching towards the heavens.

Dedicated in May of 1975, the work honors Dr. King's legacy as a civil rights leader and an alumnus of the University. Dr. King earned his PhD in Theology from Boston University in 1955.