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	"Hello Dalai"

merrie

9-23-2009 9:22 PM

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dalai lama, national civil rights museum's freedom award, dr. martin luther king, fist bumps, mayor pro tem lowery, mayor wharton, memphis tennessee

merrie says:

He has a sense of humor all right, but he is known worldwide for his serious devotion to peace, equality, and civil rights, and admitted an admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Dr. King, although I never met, but I heard his sort of motivation, his determination, his service for civil rights.”

As they stopped by the statue of Tom Lee to pay respects, Lowery told the Dalai Lama how Tom Lee saved 32 lives by pulling them from the river.

His Holiness left a mark on the two men welcoming him to town.

Mayor Wharton said, “This visit lets the world know that Dr. King ’s beliefs still live on are still viable and I think it’s just so fitting that his holiness has seen fit to visit our great city.”

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9-23-2009 9:33 PM

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Mayor Lowery has similar feelings. “I think it’s extremely significant that this man of peace, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, comes to this city where another great man of peace gave his life, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr..”

Wharton and Lowery declared both Tuesday and Wednesday “The Dalai Lama’s Days of Peace and Harmony.”

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