"A-list stars and an equally diverse crowd jammed the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate the nation and its historic president-elect yesterday,"
The Washington Post noted this morning. Indeed, "
entertainment royalty" made
headlines and images of Bruce Springsteen, Mary J. Blige, Bono, Denzel Washington and others appeared in print and broadcast coverage. But today's most poignant image might actually come from
Newsday on Long Island, almost 400 miles from the Mall in Washington. A photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. filled
Newsday's tabloid front page. Inset was a photo of the president-elect with
a quote that began among African Americans and
went viral during the campaign: "Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run. Obama ran so we can all fly."
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment