A memorial fit for King.
To honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a memorial in the
nation's capital will finally be erected next year. The Martin
Luther King, Jr. National Memorial - This article is about a planned memorial. It likely contains information of a speculative nature, and information will likely change as the structure nears completion.
The Martin Luther King Jr. will be the first of its kind in
Washington, D.C.'s National Nail honoring an African American African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. and
someone who was not a president. "This is a memorial for the
people; for everyone who ever benefited from what King has done,"
says Harry Johnson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the King Memorial Foundation.
The $100 million project has drawn more than 70 financial
supporters, including the Walt Disney Co. and Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) is the first intercollegiate fraternity established by African Americans. Founded on December 4, 1906, on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a social fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha has initiated over 175,000 men into Fraternity, which alone donated $2.4 million. More than two-thirds of
the money needed to complete and maintain the memorial, $74 million, has
already been raised, according to Rod Gillum, chairman of the King
Memorial Foundation and vice president of corporate responsibility and
diversity at General Motors.
For more information on the memorial, visit www.mlkmemorial.org.
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