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Aug. 17, 2011 8:02pm Meredith Jessup

The Martin Luther King, Jr. national memorial isn’t officially open to the public until next week. But thanks to modern technology, you can catch a sneak peek of Washington’s newest memorial from the comfort of your own home. Click here to see panoramic views of the new MLK memorial.

President Obama will be on hand for the memorial’s dedication on August 28, the 48th anniversary of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

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UnrepetantCurmudgeon
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 2:05am
According to the official site the government saved $8 million by outsourcing it to China. This is obscene. Is anyone really going to say that there are not American sculptors, surely some of whom are black, who could not have produced a statue that would actually convey the presence and spirit of the man? Like him or not, King was a great man who stood strong on his faith and commitment to his cause. This statue captures none of that but instead gives us an overdose of shopworn “proletarian realism.” Beneath contempt.

As for the column, nobody can attribute this to King getting his revenge any more than we can to the judgment of God. Yet and still, the author puts it out there: King would be ashamed and angered at what has happened to black people in this country in the last 47 years, from the culture of dependence to the cultural degradation. On that we can all agree.

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Rowwdy
Posted on August 30, 2011 at 1:02am
Who paid for this piece of crap? It isn’t the least bit artistic, just a lump of granite half carved. What’s with the two hunks of granite behind the statue? Really a pathetic display.

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Beeb
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 4:04pm
I agree, the statue looks angry. In terms of “body language” the crossed-arms pose says to me, “I am closed to all and any others.” It doesn’t look like strength and leadership. It looks like a dictator!

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:01pm
He Looks Pissed Off.What racist designed this?Stalin’s bust looks less irritated.Hate to see a great man Degraded like that.:(<——-sad face.

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- bts61240
  Posted on August 29, 2011 at 2:31pm
  Chinese sculpter using chinese Granite what do you excpect
  
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- ilovejiggys
  Posted on August 29, 2011 at 3:42pm
  Great man? – Thats a good one! lol!
  
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