| (2006-01-16) — The way people today remember the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on his national holiday demonstrates that the late civil rights leader has become “equal to Abraham Lincoln and George Washington in the hearts and minds of the American people,” according to the former-Rev. Jesse Jackson. | Dream Fulfilled: Dr. King’s head forms the second ‘o’ in Google, an honor conferred previously on the Mona Lisa, a turkey, the Liberty Bell and the Chinese New Year rooster. |
| “Dr. King has finally achieved his much-deserved equal stature with Lincoln and Washington,” said Mr. Jackson during a lightly-attended commemoration event. “Today, all God’s children — black people and white people, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics — symbolically join hands and pay tribute to Martin by goofing off and going shopping.”
“This day of apathy, without regard to race or creed, demonstrates Dr. King’s ultimate victory,” said Mr. Jackson. |
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Jackson Celebrates Dr. King’s ‘Day of Apathy’
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1 NIF // Jan 16, 2006 at 3:52 pm
Happy Equality Day!
Today’s dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny … Happy Equality Day!
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