HARLEM, NY – AUGUST 15: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton poses for a portrait in Harlem, New York, on Monday, August 15, 2011. As President, Clinton signed the federal legislation for the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial to be built on the National Mall. “Martin Luther King was to me the most inspiring public figure in America when I was growing up. He changed our country through his eloquence, through his courage, through his belief in nonviolence. If the world were as committed now as he was then to social change through active nonviolence we’d all feel a lot better about our future. He was our generation’s Ghandi, our generation’s Mandela. And I was thrilled to be able to do it [sign the legislation] knowing that the monument would be on the Mall because “The I Have A Dream” speech that he gave on August 28th 1963 was the most important speech given by an American in my lifetime about America at home.” (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post)
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