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Hey! I figured out Google's logo this morning without, um, Googling it.
Of, course, it was an easy one.
Of, course, it was an easy one.
In 2004, Congress awarded a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (posthumously) and Coretta Scott King. Eighteen years after Dr. King's birthday had become a federal holiday.
Some of the people honored in the interim? Charles Schultz. Harry Chapin. Frank Sinatra. And, of course, Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy and Ronald Reagan. Aaron Copeland. Jesse Owens. Mother Teresa. JP II. John Cardinal O'Connor. And so on.
I am not arguing against the fitness of any of the recipients for the medal (well, maybe O'Connor, and I might quibble over the entertainers) -- and there were certainly a lot of other recipients, such as the Little Rock Nine and Rosa Parks. But it took Congress until 2004 to award King a Congressional Gold Medal? That just blows me away.
Some of the people honored in the interim? Charles Schultz. Harry Chapin. Frank Sinatra. And, of course, Gerald and Betty Ford and Nancy and Ronald Reagan. Aaron Copeland. Jesse Owens. Mother Teresa. JP II. John Cardinal O'Connor. And so on.
I am not arguing against the fitness of any of the recipients for the medal (well, maybe O'Connor, and I might quibble over the entertainers) -- and there were certainly a lot of other recipients, such as the Little Rock Nine and Rosa Parks. But it took Congress until 2004 to award King a Congressional Gold Medal? That just blows me away.
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