Global Leaders for Peace gala (13 images)

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

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

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

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