Business & Tech
Best Buy Gives $1 Million to Martin Luther King Memorial
The local company helps make Dr. King's life and legacy a permanent fixture on the National Mall.
After working for years to complete the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington D.C., the site was opened to the public Aug. 22, 2011.
Locally, we can be proud that contributed $1 million to the project. This marked the company's first contribution to a national capital fund and showed its support for making a permanent memorial to remember King's legacy.
“Dr. King’s powerful story inspires us all to live by his example of service, peace and equality,” Brian J. Dunn, CEO of Best Buy, said in a press release. “It’s in Best Buy’s DNA to carry forward these same values and the spirit of inclusion and respect promoted by Dr. King; our involvement in the memorial is one way to honor him and his dream.”
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The official dedication of the memorial was originally set for Sunday, Aug. 28, which is the 48th anniversary of King's "I Have a Dream" speech. But, because of the poor weather conditions in the east, it had to be postponed, according to the memorial's website.
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