... on the National Mall, just a short distance from where the actual speech was delivered, is a 30-foot sculpture of Dr. King backed by a 450-foot wall with quotes, sermons, and writings inscribed on it. The memorial is the first erected on the National Mall that honors an African American and the first to honor a non-president - ... and then set out to raise the $120 million, most of which came from private donations, to pay for the project (Collins). "To me, it's not about the monument - it's about the moment, that we recognize that something great did happen. [King] happened to be at th...

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... the United States."" (www.web.il.gatech.edu) It was the views of Gandhi that influenced Martin Luther King Jr. Gandhi insisted nonviolence was about qualitative change in attitudes, in relationship building and sustaining; in learning to deal with anger in a positive manner rather than abusing anger; and creating ... outside of Selma. The marches that occurred at Selma brought national attention to the situation. The hundreds of clergymen who came to Selma returned home and informed their congregations of the brutality and dedication that went on there. Many wondered why congress was doi...

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