Officials lay wreaths at King memorial on Mall

January 20, 2013 @ 2:04 pm


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Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - Dignitaries and celebrities participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall.

The Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, comedian Dick Gregory and actors Jamie Foxx and Chris Tucker were among those who attended Sunday's event.

Foxx told a crowd that packed the memorial that this is a "spectacular time" for African-Americans.

Sharpton called the weekend an "intersection of history," with the nation's first black president taking the oath of office for a second term the same weekend as the federal holiday commemorating King's life. Sharpton says there was a time when no one believed the country would have either a black president or a federal holiday for a black civil rights leader.


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  • CH wrote...
    The Weekend of the Black man -
    January 20, 2013 7:35 am
    two Kings to rejoice about!! look it up - 2 Kings 11:20 And all the people of the land rejoice, and the city is quiet!!
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  • duh wrote...
    Ignorance:
    January 20, 2013 1:38 pm
    Blacks praise MLK...MLK praised Ghandi... Ghandi hated blacks. Sharpton is a race baiter, Jesse Jackson is a perv just like clinton, Foxx...well I'd better stop before i make you all cry.
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