The AP (10/17) reports on the "rally and march" over the weekend "to the newly opened Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. The March on Washington for Jobs and Justice on Saturday is intended to drum up support for President Barack Obama's jobs plan." The piece notes that the "speakers expected at Saturday's rally include Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers."
The Newnan (GA) Times-Herald (10/17) reported that members of King's family, Vice President Biden, Duncan, HHS
jobs and economic Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and others were scheduled to attend, and that President Obama was to give the dedication address.
NEA's Pringle: King Would Be "Outraged" By Child Poverty.
NPR's "Weekend Edition" (10/16) reported on the rally, where demonstrators "marched for justice on the eve of the new memorial's dedication." The piece notes that such speakers as the National Education Association's Rebecca Pringle "invoked King and speculated on what he would think of the state of the nation where he fought for equal opportunities for everyone. 'I believe he would be outraged,' Pringle said. 'He would be outraged that 1 out of 5 children [are] living in poverty in this great nation.'"
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