Recording artist Stevie Wonder attends the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Rev. Jesse Jackson attends the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright delivers remarks at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Rev. Jesse Jackson embraces former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook, Ambassador-at-large for International and Religious Freedoms, delivers remarks at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Lei Yixin (L), the Chinese artist who sculpted the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, greets guest at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Harry Johnson, President of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, delivers remarks at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Recording artist Stevie Wonder performs at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Recording artist Stevie Wonder (R) speaks alongside Harry Johnson, President of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Ambassador Ron Kirk, U.S. Trade Representative, delivers remarks at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Lei Yixin, the Chinese artist who sculpted the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, greets guest at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright attends the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
A place setting is seen at the Honoring Global Leaders for Peace gala at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. on August 24, 2011. The gala is the kickoff event for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial weekend. The Memorial will be dedicated on Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech. UPI/Kevin Dietsch | License Photo
