2011-10-20

Syndication One News-Talk Network's photographs from the King Memorial Dedication

Keynote Speaker of the King Memorial Dedication was President Barack Obama, here joined by the First Lady, Vice President Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, President of the MLK National Memorial Project Foundation Harry Johnson, and Secretary Salazar of the Interior to honor Martin Luther King Jr. during the dedication ceremony for the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial “Four more years” was shouted by the crowd when President Obama was introduced as keynote speaker by Harry Johnson (photo by WH Photographer Pete Souza).

The co-founder of the SCLC with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Fred Shuttlesworth was 90 year old Rev. Joseph Lowery, who speaks of his days with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (photo credit Syndication One News-Talk Networks' Ty Smith)

Former US Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor, and key organizer for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke of his days with Rev. King at Morehouse College, and in the civil rights movement. Young was on the balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis on April 4th 1968 when King was assassinated.(photo credit Ty Smith)

The surviving member of Dr. King’s siblings is his older sister Christine King Farris, who shares moments about her younger brother, including the day Martin was born at home in Atlanta, Ga.(photo credit Ty Smith)


Rev. Dr. King’s daughter Rev. Beatrice King speaks of how proud she was of her father and the unfinished work that needs to be done (Photo Credit Ty Smith).

King Monument (photo by Ty Smith)

Syndication One News-Talk Network’s talk show host and civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton delivers a fiery speech that moved the crowd to its' feet, reminding all that the King Memorial is ours to cherish, but King’s dream toward complete equality continues. (photo by Ty Smith)
King Memorial Program Backdrop (photo by Ty Smith)

Former CBS anchor and reporter Dan Rather talks about the great respect he had for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (photo by Ty Smith)

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