Unhappy With 'Confrontational' Image, U.S. Panel Wants King Statue Reworked

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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Michael E. Ruane

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