AP - The National Mall in Washington will get its first monument to an African American, Martin Luther King Junior. Ordinary and no-so-ordinary Americans took part in the groundbreaking Monday, including Oprah Winfrey, poet-novelist Maya Angelou and former President Bill Clinton. They're among those who've been working for more than ...
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| King memorial ceremony under way in D.C. AP - The National Mall in Washington will get its first monument to an African American, Martin Luther King Junior. Ordinary and no-so-ordinary Americans took part in the groundbreaking Monday, including Oprah Winfrey, poet-novelist Maya Angelou and former President Bill Clinton. They're among those who've been working for more than a decade to bring the monument about. The four-acre site along the Tidal Basin is not far from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where King gave his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. Project organizers have raised more than $65 million toward the $100 million cost of building and maintaining the King Memorial. They hope to have it completed by the spring of 2008. Last edited by ballz2wallz; 11-13-2006 at 12:02 PM.. | ||||
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