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- The Controversy Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Planned for the National Mall
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Others have read another concern into the commission's comments: the sculptor selected for the job, Lei Yixin, is Chinese, and the sculpture is being made in China of buff-colored stone. (The executive architect for the memorial, Ed Jackson Jr., said granite of that hue and quantity was not available elsewhere.) This "outsourcing," as critics have called it, has spawned an angry Web site, www.kingisours.com, and an investigation by the inspector general of the Interior Department.
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- King County's new face is MLK
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  King County Executive Ron Sims and former King County Councilman Bruce Laing, who were instrumental in the county's ceremonially renaming itself after King in 1986, also took the podium. It took nearly two decades for the state to make the change official.
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- King daughter pays honors parents
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  Today is Martin Luther King day, a national holiday that many Republicans opposed creating. If you get a chance today, listen to MLK's speeches on Vietnam. You can replace every word with Iraq and they will ring as true. The man was a visionary and a hero. Our country is still broken apart as a result of his journey being interrupted by his killing
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- Work begins on Martin Luther King memorial
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  I'm sure I'm not the only one offended by President Bush appearing at the MLK memorial. Bush has done a lot to ignore and hurt African Americans in this country in six years. Hurricane Katrina anyone?
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- Young resigns from Wal-Mart committee amid criticism of remarks
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  "Well, I think they should; they ran the `mom and pop' stores out of my neighborhood," the paper quoted Young as saying. "But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs; very few black people own these stores."
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- Thousands bid farewell to Coretta Scott King
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  The end of an era. Very sad.
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- Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, dies at 78
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  It's the end of an era.
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The Controversy Over the Martin Luther King Jr. Planned for the National Mall

Personally, I think it looks pretty weird. I like the idea quoted inside of placing the statue outside the Lincoln Memorial where King stood to give his famous speech.

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