"Lights from the Garden" is a powerful and poetic tribute to another important 20th century African American historical figure. Cyrus uses the assassination of Malcolm X as the starting point for this work, which is rich with meaning and emotion. The chairs are the style of seats that were on the stage when Malcolm X was assassinated on Feb. 21, 1965, by rival Black Muslims while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. The shape of the piece is based on a minbar from Mosque architecture, which is the pulpit where the imam stands to deliver the sermon. Cyrus incorporates the stainless-steel rods, known in forensics as trajectory rods, as a powerful reference to the fourteen times Malcolm X was shot. The title is based on the belief by many that Malcolm X was a martyr who sacrificed his own life fighting for justice.