The King Memorial Inches Forward in Washington

A sculptor from China has been chosen to carry out the project along the Tidal Basin on the National Mall, and according to a report in The Atlanta Journal Constitution, 16 quotations have been selected to adorn the proposed structure.

Among them:

• "Say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."
— Feb. 4, 1968, Atlanta

• "We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly."
— April 16, 1963, Birmingham, Ala.

• "Make a career of humanity... commit yourself to the noble struggle ... you will make a greater person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in."
— April 18, 1959, Washington, D.C.

• "If we are to have peace on Earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
— Dec. 24, 1967, Atlanta

• "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice."
— April 16, 1963, Birmingham, Ala.


For more information on this $100 million project – and to contribute – go to: www.mlkmemorial.org

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