Building permit issued for King Memorial Alpha Phi Alpha dream of 20 years ago soon to be reality WASHINGTON—The long dream of a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. is one more step closet to reality. At a signing ceremony in the nations capital Thursday, Oct. 29, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar formally executed the documentation that permits the building and construction of a memorial to the slain civil rights leader, on the National Mall. I am excited to move forward with construction, said Harry E. Johnson Sr., president of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation. We are in the home stretch of the fundraising campaign to build this national memorial to Brother King and I call on all Americans to participate in our Build the Dream: Countdown to Completion phase of the fundraising campaign by donating $1 or more to become a part of history, said Johnson. More than $106 million has been raised for the construction. Approximately $120 million is needed for completion. Members of Alpha Phi Alpha, Kings fraternity, have contributed more than one million to the effort. Now that Salazar has signed a construction permit, the foundation may proceed with construction of the memorial. The new memorial will be situated adjacent to the Roosevelt Memorial and in a direct line between the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials. King delivered his famous I Have a Dream Speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August, 1963. It is amazing to think that it ...
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