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Civil rights vets: King memorial was long overdue

At age 93, famed preacher Gard­ner Taylor never thought he'd live to
see the day when his friend Martin Luther King Jr. would be honored with
a national memorial in Washington, D.C.

"I think it is singularly
appropriate and long overdue," said Taylor, who helped found the
Progressive National Baptist Convention to support "Mike," a nickname he
used for King.  

"Mike King was minister and leader not only of black people," he said, "but he was leading the nation to what it ought to be."