Dedicated in 1990 by Coretta Scott King, the statue is located in front of Ebenezer Baptist Church, in the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park.

[2] The piece is located in a small park near Ebenezer Baptist Church.

[3] The statue is based on an African ritual of lifting a newborn to the skies.

[4][5] It depicts an allegorical figure of Kunta Kinte lifting his newborn towards the sky.

[2] The statue itself is made of bronze, with a granite pedestal inscribed with the phrase:[1] Dedicated to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for his moral courage and nobility of spiritA second casting of Behold is located at Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey.