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Sep 03, 2011

MLK Memorial Architect Says Inscription Will Not Change

Photo by LaTur. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial executive architect Ed Jackson Jr. tells the Washington Post that he does not plan to change the controversial inscription on the side of King’s memorial despite outcries from civil rights and editorialists. Of the most vocal is Maya Angelou, who has derided the misquoted inscription as making King Jr. look like an “arrogant twit.” Jackson said fitting the quote in the allowed space would be an…

 
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