A story that went under the radar

[Limelight]

The King memorial, slated to open in the spring of 2008, will be the first monument for a civilian and black leader on the large park at Washington's core. It is also probably among the last monuments on the Mall following a 2003 vote in Congress to sharply limit development of the parkland.

The stage in front of the crowd was filled with King's fellow civil rights leaders such as
Jesse Jackson, celebrities like
Oprah Winfrey, politicians including Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, and three of King's children. A gospel choir sang, and Maya Angelou read poetry. Children read essays they had written about King.

Clinton, who signed legislation in 1996 authorizing the memorial, received a standing ovation from the largely black crowd. He told the crowd of King's commitment to nonviolence and social justice causes such as ending poverty, saying those goals still have not yet been achieved.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061114/ap_on_go_ot/king_memorial

This deserved a lot more coverage, but whatever. It's about time that a man I consider to be every bit as important as this nation's founding fathers got the honor that's due him.

[malaise]

1. It did get loads of coverage

CSpan and CNN. Indeed CSpan had a repeat from 9.00pm.

[evlbstrd]

2. You're damned right about that.

And welcome to DU!

[angry_chuck]

3. I just watched a piece on

countdown with KO about it.

[JackBeck]

4. I heard about this on AAR at the top of the hour.

The monument is very close to the Lincoln monument, where MLK gave his "I had a dream" speech.

His daughter spoke. And you're right, this deserved a lot more coverage. It's even more sad to think that history slips more through our fingers with the Right Wingers in power. Bush's contempt and piggishness comes to mind while at the Coretta Scott King's memorial.

[question everything]

5. Do you know who sang the national anthem?

She had a beautiful voice, but her name was not on the TV screen when I watched.

During the ceremony, I was mourning, again, the not so distant death of Coretta Scott King. How long she waited for this.

[bananas]

6. There were a bunch of threads earlier today

Here's a few:

Bush with Clinton at Groundbreaking for Dr King's Memorial
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2705184

CSPAN Now: MLK Memorial Dedication
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2703161

My partners says the best speech today at MLK ceremony was Oprah.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2706925

[bananas]

7. Here's a thread with 4 votes

one more "recommend" will put it on the greatest page:
"Groundbreaking For King Memorial On National Mall"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2702446

[bananas]

8. Here's the thread when W was speaking...

"W about to speak at the MLK ceremony"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2702866

[in_cog_ni_to]

9. C-SPAN showed the entire ceremony live today. It was beautiful.

It's about time he was honored with a monument.

[wundermaus]

10. I miss our fallen leaders...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1732754907698549493&q=i+have+a+dream

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

I miss them more now than ever before...

Dear God... may they instruct and inspire our current leaders to humble themselves and serve humanity...



Amen

[sfwriter]

11. I saw this on BBC and Democracy Now... eom