OMG We Have a New Memorial!

Amidst a crown of over twenty thousand Americans, Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored this past Sunday during the official Memorial Dedication Ceremony, in which is his newly-erected thirty foot statue was honored by many. Known as the "Stone of Hope", imagery was taken from the "I Have a Dream Speech" (and if you don't know what that is, you clearly didn't graduate the third grade), with his daughter, Dr. Bernice King, being present in the moment to accept the dedication in lieu of her father's presence. With peace activists, Washingtonians, scholars, and tons of Alpha Phi Alpha's (because, did you know, MLK was a frat bother?! And, did you also know, that the frat proceded to take over Chinatown following the dedication of the event? Yes, they caused quite a ruckus at Proof proceding the event...), the event was a diverse crowd- which is, obvi, exactly what Dr. King would have wanted. Obama delivered a beautiful speech (which I hope will put him in a more favorable place so that he gets reelected in 2012), and a plethora of celebrities made appearences, ranging from Vivica A. Fox to Talib Kweli. And, of course, the event was illustrated with a little bit of comical relief; in typical fashion, Cornel West was taken in handcuffs from the event, as he negatively reacted to a police officer trying to maintain the crowd near the 90%-er protest going on during the event (SOOO DC of him). Totes not what MLK would have wanted, Cornel, but still a wonderful event.