Today is Dr. Martin Luther King Jnr Holiday in all the states of the US. It is a public holiday so school is closed. I don’t know if I like holidays a lot, but I can’t complain that I have got a chance to rest in preparation for work on Wednesday.
Today in memory of that youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and civil rights activist whose words, deeds and activism has challenged so many people across races, beliefs, age range and countries towards harmony, peace, quest for justice and non-violence, I am putting up these few photos that we took on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in December while we were in Washington.
It was on those steps in August 28, 1963 where Dr.King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. (See last image, obtained from Wikipedia images.)
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Vera Ezimora at http://www.verastic.com
Martin Luther King being born on January 15th was his way of trying to steal attention from my very, very precious birthday, but it did not work!
January 14th is still more “specialer” than January 15th. And some day, Vera’s birthday of January 14th will become an INTERNATIONAL public holiday.
Posted at January 18, 2010 on 10:58pm.
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solomonsydelle at http://www.nigeriancuriosity.com
nice pics. They really put things in perspective.
Posted at January 19, 2010 on 8:00am.
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Kola Tubosun at http://www.ktravula.com
Thanks 🙂
Posted at January 19, 2010 on 6:44pm.