Quote on Martin Luther King Memorial to Be Fixed

As soon as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial opened in the Fall of 2011 in Washington D.C., there was controversy over one of the quotes. On the Stone of Hope (one of the three main components of the memorial), there is a 30-foot sculpture of Martin Luther King, Jr. on one side and just to his left is a quote that reads: "I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness."

The problem is that King never actually said that. He said something similar, but by summarizing his words, King's meaning was lost. The original quote comes from King's February 4, 1968 sermon called, "The Drum Major Instinct," in which King said, "Yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the other shallow things will not matter."

Not quite the same thing. On Friday, January 13, 2012, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gave the National Park Service 30 days to fix the quote.

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