I echo your sentiments, and I was surpised at my melancholy about the announcement. I was at first embarassed that I didn’t know the memorial was in the works. I was later saddened about the state of our society years after King gave his life for a dream of equality. I started thinking about what we as a society do to honor Veteran’s Day or MLK Day…often nothing but take a break from our lives or go to the sale of the day. The men of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity have been at the forefront of this process and I applaud them. I have to simultaneously not think about the statistics that linger about black males and education, vs. black males and incarceration. I want to work hard to treasure more than the King Memorial – but the legacy that was left at the feet of generations to come. Where is the leadership and the next generation of songs to define this phase of civil rights. I may just write about Barak on my own list tonight – some say he is peeking too early. I say his brand of hope and action is right on time.