Global Leaders for Peace gala (13 images)

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

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

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

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