$100 Million Raised For MLK Memorial In DC

$100 Million Raised For MLK Memorial In DC
Excerpt from Original Article Published Thursday - January 15, 2009 by Allen Starbury on http://www.ballerstatus.com/article/news/2009/01/6145/

46 years after he gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" in Washington on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. is finally being immortalized with his own memorial in our nation's capitol.

With the historic inauguration of the U.S. first black president coming a day after King would've turned 80, if he were still alive, the amount needed to build the memorial has almost been reached.

According to AOL's BlackVoices.com, more than $100 million has been raised in donations for the construction of the MLK memorial.

The total cost of the memorial is estimated to reach $120 million, so there's still some financial ground to cover. Former president, Bill Clinton, is one of the memorial's supporters, and revealed why during a fundraiser in Miami recently. "I signed the legislation authorizing the memorial," he said. "I thought it ought to be on the National Mall because that's where he delivered his most important speech. ... Just nine days after my 17th birthday, and I could still quote that speech today. It changed America in profound ways."

You can help by donating at http://www.mlkmemorial.org or installing the toolbar (each search you use the toolbar for raises $0.05):
http://www.mlkmemorial.org/site/c.hkIUL9MVJxE/b.4718119/k.70EC/Download_the_MLK_Toolbar.htm

View the virtual tour:
http://www.mlkmemorial.org/site/c.hkIUL9MVJxE/b.1191585/k.6D39/MLK_Memorial_Virtual_Tour.htm