A woman holds a portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. at a memorial dedication at the National Mall in Washington October 16, 2011. The memorial commemorates the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his contributions to world peace through non-violent social change. [Reuters Pictures]I looked at a lot of blub-inducing pictures from the memorial dedication, including this one, which was the runner-up.
There has been controversy about the memorial, its dedication was delayed by both the August earthquake and hurricane Irene, and it took 10 years of fundraising and planning to make it happen. As I've said before, I don't believe that everything happens for a reason, but I do believe we can give reason to things that have happened—and I think it was entirely right that the dedication happened during the administration of our nation's first Black president, at a time of national unrest and yet-unrealized dreams.
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