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Disputed inscription removed from MLK Memorial

By Brett Zongker
Published August 1, 2013 6:17pm ET
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Disputed inscription removed from MLK Memorial
FILE - In this July 29, 2013 file photo, sculptor Master Lei Yixin, left, surveys the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington. Sculptor Lei Yixin says he has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall, and he is now working on a new finish for the side of the memorial statue. Plans call for Lei to carve grooves over the former words to match existing striation marks in the King memorial. Lei said Thursday he is working to deepen all of the grooves so that they will match. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) | Jacquelyn Martin

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Chinese sculptor has removed a disputed inscription from the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial statue that he designed on the National Mall and said Thursday that he is working on a new finish for the side of the artwork.

Plans call for sculptor Lei Yixin to carve grooves over the former words to match existing horizontal “striation” marks in the memorial. Lei said he is working to deepen all the memorial’s grooves so that they will match.

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