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As reported by The Washington Post, it appears the current model of Dr. King's planned statue is causing a stir in some quarters.
A powerful federal arts commission is urging that the sculpture of Martin Luther King Jr. proposed for a memorial on the Tidal Basin be reworked because it is too "confrontational" and reminiscent of political art in totalitarian states.
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