Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- whose mission in advancing the rights for minorities had a greater impact on America than any other in the 20th century -- is being recognized for his accomplishments with a national monument in his honor in Washington, DC.
According to the Christian Post website, the King memorial will be officially dedicated on August 28, 2011 -- the 48th anniversary of King's "I have a dream" speech -- on the Washington Mall, with President Obama being one of the speakers.
The memorial includes a 30-foot-high sculpture of King's likeness, arms folded across his chest and standing tall, hewn on a "Stone of Hope" just beyond a mountain-like portal.
The memorial makes King the first African American -- and the first person not elected as a U.S. president -- to be honored on the National Mall.
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