Washington’s new Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the first on the Mall honoring an African American, has been a quarter century and, so far, $114 million in the making. And Harry E. Johnson Sr., who memorized King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a school boy, is the man largely responsible for finding the money. Johnson, the chief executive of the foundation building the memorial, has helped pull in big money from the likes of Boeing, Ford, Coca Cola and Exxon Mobil. The logos of 89 companies and foundations are displayed on the project’s Web site, and million-dollar contributors will be listed on a donor wall. Read full article >>

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