Quote to be erased from Martin Luther King statue

Updated Sun 11 Aug 2013, 7:30am AEST

Washington is a city of monuments - marking wars and their victims, survivors and great figures in history. One of the more recent additions to the National Mall is the memorial to the murdered civil rights leader Martin Luther King. It was finished two years ago and the dedication ceremony came after more than 20 years of planning and fundraising. There were more than a few problems along the way and now there's a new one - with the master sculptor called back to erase a Martin Luther King quote.

Lisa Millar

Source: Correspondents Report | Duration: 5min 37sec

Topics: 20th-century, history, race-relations, rights,