Yolanda King Human Rights Campaign Detroit Gala Dinner of 2000. In a twenty-four-minute-long speech, she brought up the presidential election of that year, and also quoted the words of Bobby Kennedy by recalling his line which he took from George Bernard Shaw, that of "Some men see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say why not?". During a presentation in May 2000, King was asked if the human race would ever become "color blind". In response, she pushed for "the goal" to be "color acceptance." Following the September 11 attacks, King spoke in North
Why Marry? 1918 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A member of the Pulitzer Prize jury wrote: "I have seen 'Why Marry?'... and find it an admirable piece of comedy...There are some things in the piece which I do not like but on the whole it is the best piece of drama I have seen this year." The East Lynne Theater Company presented "Why Marry?" in Cape May, New Jersey, April 2013. The play takes place during a week-end at a country house. The characters are: Jean, the host's youngest sister, brought up to be married; Rex, an unmarried neighbor; Lucy, the hostess; Cousin