The Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday was a marvelous Monday in Washington DC. Like many I was getting ready for Tuesday's historic moment when President Elect Barack Obama would take the oath of office.
However, I did attended the "Let Freedom Ring Celebration" Monday evening at the Kennedy Center which began with an elegant reception. The annual program is a partnership between the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and Georgetown University. During the affair Coach John Thompson, Jr. Legacy of a Dream award was given to Marion Wright Edelman.
She is the founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund. While a student at Bishop College I heard hear speak on a number of occasions. Mrs. Edelman's brother Dr. Harry S. Wright was president of the college at the time. She has done amazing work on behalf of children and the poor.
The entertainment for the program was the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and she sang us all happy. She really is deserving of just such a title. One of the wonderful things Ms. Franklin did that evening was talk about those times when Dr. King stayed at there home and this added to the occasion.
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