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Much-criticized ‘drum major’ quote on Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to be removed
An image of Ayabe-Way-We-Tung, the chief of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, who began pushing the U.S. government for a reservation in the 1870s, adorns the wall in the Little Shell Tribal Health Clinic lobby in Great Falls, Montana. The mural is a reminder of the tribal nation's long push for federal recognition, which was granted in December 2019. Credit: Katheryn Houghton / KHN
A controversial “drum major” inscription will be removed from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington but won’t be replaced with King’s full quotation as some had hoped, the Interior Department announced Tuesday.
Workers will scratch off the wording on the …read more